Press Archive 2006
- 31st December 2006
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ICI Paints Discontinues Production and Sale of This Old House Paint
From December 31, 2006, ICI Paints will no longer produce or carry the This Old House paint line.
- 7th December 2006
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ICI celebrates 80 years of Innovation
ICI celebrated its 80th birthday on 7 December.The company was formed in 1926 from the merger of four British chemical companies to challenge the world's other major chemical producers.
- 22nd November 2006
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ICI Announces the sale of Quest for 1,200m GBP
Imperial Chemical Industries PLC has reached an agreement to sell Quest, its flavours and fragrance business, to Givaudan for a gross cash consideration of 1,200 million GBP , subject to closing balance sheet adjustments, including working capital and net debt.
- 2nd October 2006
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Lisa is ICI Student Award Winner
The ICI Award for the Best Chemistry Student has been won by Lisa Murphy of the University of Durham.
- 1st October 2006
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ICI's Stowmarket site wins prestigious award from the British Coatings Federation
The prestigious BCF Coatings Care Award for 2006 was presented to ICI Paints, Stowmarket, by Geoffrey Podger, Chief Executive of the Health and Safety Executive, Guest of Honour at the annual BCF Technical Update Seminar in Nottingham.
- 1st September 2006
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John Mueller Celebrates 50 Years with ICI Paints
In September 2006, John Mueller celebrated 50 years with ICI Paints
- 1st September 2006
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ICI Completes Sale of Uniqema for 410m GBP
ICI has completed the sale of its oleochemicals and surfactants business, Uniqema, to Croda International PLC for a gross consideration of 410m GBP, subject to closing balance sheet adjustments.
- 3rd August 2006
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ICI reports second quarter adjusted profit before tax* up 14%
ICI has sustained the good start to 2006 with another strong quarter for National Starch and solid performances from Paints and Quest, Chief Executive John McAdam told analysts during the announcement of the Group's Q2 Results.
- May 2006
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US Employees praised for helping attacked woman
Two Texan employees of ICI Paints were commended after coming to the aid of a woman attacked in the car park shared by ICI Paints in Bellaire, Texas earlier this year.
- 23 May 2006
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Winning the Race in China
ICI Paints is number two in the highly-competitive Chinese market and 'Dulux' is one of the most recognised names in China for decorative paint.
- 23 May 2006
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Sustainable Paint
ICI Paints has won a major grant from the Technology Programme of the Department of Trade and Industry in the UK to develop decorative paints that generate demonstrably less waste in their production, use and end of life.
- 8 May 2006
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ICI Paints scores with top US Soccer League
ICI Paints has announced that it has agreed to become an official corporate partner of Major League Soccer
- 6 April 2006
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ICI has agreed to sell its Cimsec business, part of ICI Paints Europe, to Henkel for an undisclosed cash consideration. The value of the gross assets being divested is 13m Euro (9m GBP).
ICI is selling the non-core Cimsec tile adhesives and grouts business in order to focus on its core decorative paint brands in Central and Eastern Europe - including Xyladecor, Dulux, Meisterpreis, Molto and Hammerite.
- 4 April 2006
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ICI is investing US$14 million in a new waterborne decorative paints plant in Vietnam. The facility is being constructed at My Phuoc II Industrial Park in Binh Duong Province near Ho Chi Minh City and is scheduled to be operational next year.
It is ICI's second paints manufacturing plant in Vietnam. ICI Paints has been operating in the country since 1996 through a joint venture, ICI Paints (Vietnam) Ltd, in Ho Chi Minh City.
- 7 February 2006
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A programme by ICI Paints to help educate and inform its customers in the decorating trade in the UK and Ireland about safe working at heights has won the 2005 ICI Chairman's Leadership Award for Sustainability.
The annual award is part of the scheme that recognises innovative and outstanding projects by ICI sites around the world in the areas of safety, health, environment, product stewardship and community involvement.
