Akzo Nobel to close Stade salt plant

摘要

Akzo Nobel Salt is to close its packaging plant in Stade, Germany, as it continues to restructure its speciality salt assets in light of overcapacity of packaged products.Akzo Nobel stated that the closure of the Stade plant is a necessary step in improving the profitability of the sector, which started with efficiency improvements at its plant in Hengelo, the Netherlands, earlier in 2002.