Nouryon is a global specialty chemicals company headquartered in the Netherlands. Formed in 2018 from the former AkzoNobel Specialty Chemicals business, it supplies essential ingredients and technologies to a wide range of end‑markets including cleaning and personal care, paints and coatings, plastics and elastomers, pulp and paper, agriculture, mining, construction, and packaging. The company operates a global network of manufacturing and R&D sites across the Americas, Europe, and Asia.
Its portfolio spans surfactants, chelating agents, cellulose derivatives and rheology modifiers, colloidal silica, expandable microspheres, and polymerization chemistries such as organic peroxides and metal alkyls. Nouryon also provides process and performance additives that support customers’ formulation, processing, and material property requirements. The company emphasizes product safety, regulatory compliance, and application support for industrial and consumer formulations.