Akzo Nobel, based in the Netherlands, serves customers throughout the world with healthcare products, coatings, and chemicals. Consolidated sales for 2002 totaled EUR 14 billion. The Company currently employs 66,000 people in 80 countries. Casco Products is a business unit within Akzo Nobel. We carry out industrial operations in the fields of adhesives, expandable microspheres, and calcium carbide. Our market is global. We have companies in most European countries, in North America, Latin America, and Asia. The turnover is EUR 0.27 billion. The number of employees is 1,350. Casco Adhesives (Asia) Pte Ltd, by way of introduction, is a subsidiary of the global Akzo Nobel. We have been active in Asia for more than 15 years and today, we have 23 service centres and representative offices in 8 countries. Singapore is the regional hub for communications for our offices. The operation is manned by a team of 200 people and 50% of the team comprises of technical personnel with knowledge of the wood bonding operation and its efficiency. In addition we have, at all times, the support of some 30 experts from Europe who are specialists. |
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