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...Akzo’s new chief executive, Thierry Vanlancker, previously led operations in polymers, performance coatings and chemicals at DuPont, which sold off its performance coatings business in 2013....
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...Winston Churchill, whose face appears on the new polymer £5 bank note, was one. De La Rue, which prints the £5 note, may be another....
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...The company makes soya-based polyols and polymers that go into foam cushions, for example, and formulates specialty egg products cooked in fast-food restaurants....
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