AkzoNobel is proud to be one of the world’s leading industrial companies.

Based in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, we make and supply a huge range of paints, coatings and specialty chemicals - pro forma 2007 revenue totaled €14.4 bln.

In fact, we are the largest global paints and coatings company. As a major producer of specialty chemicals we supply industries worldwide with quality ingredients for life’s essentials. We think about the future, but act in the present. We’re passionate about introducing new ideas and developing sustainable answers for our customers.

That’s why our 60,000 employees—who are based in more than 80 countries—are committed to excellence and delivering Tomorrow’s Answers Today.

Akzo Nobel is a Fortune Global 500 company and is listed on the Euronext Amsterdam stock exchange. We are the Chemicals industry leader on the Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes, as well as being included on the FTSE4Good Index.

Akzo Nobel is a multicultural company. Its subsidiaries are market-driven and technology-based, serving customers throughout the world with coatings and chemicals products. 

The company conducts its diversified activities through decentralized business units while exploiting synergies between them. We maintain a product portfolio with leadership positions in important market segments.

• Akzo Nobel regards people as its most important resource
• We foster leadership, individual accountability and teamwork
• Our employees are professionals whose entrepreneurial behavior is result-oriented and guided by personal integrity
• Our employees strive for the success of their own units in the interest of Akzo Nobel as a global company
• In return, our employees can count on opportunities for individual and professional development in an international working environment. We offer them rewarding and challenging assignments with room for initiative
• We value the diversity of Akzo Nobel and make use of it
• It is our ambition to be the first choice of customers, shareholders and employees, and to be a respected member of society
• And, most importantly, we believe it should be fun to go to work!

Every job is different. At Akzo Nobel, however, we have expectations that are shared across all jobs.

These expectations are directly linked to our company values and are expressed in six Akzo Nobel competencies which play a central role in our P&D Dialog program.

Together, the company and you will continue to enhance your strengths in these areas. The six competencies are:

• Results Orientation
• Customer Focus
• Quality Commitment
• Innovation
• Teamwork
• Commitment to Values