Feed Additives Business transferred to Intervet

3 May 2004

Boxmeer/Stenungsund, May 3, 2004 - In order to provide better market alignment and to strengthen Akzo Nobel’s overall position in feed additives, Akzo Nobel has decided to consolidate the CRINA® and Bredol feed additives businesses into Intervet. 

Effective immediately,

• the entire responsibility for the marketing, manufacturing, and research and development (R&D) of the CRINA® products,
• and  the commercial and R&D responsibility for Bredol products,
  will be transferred from the Surface Chemistry Business Unit to Intervet. Surface Chemistry will continue to produce the Bredol products for Intervet. 

In order to assure an orderly transition, Intervet management has been charged with responsibility for leading the integration process.

The new structure will allow an optimal match of customer demands and preferences with a complete service and a product range by just one contact.

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Note for the editor:
Intervet, a business unit of Akzo Nobel, headquartered in Boxmeer, the Netherlands, with sales of EUR 1,010 million in 2003, is dedicated to research and development, production and marketing of innovative animal health products and feed additives. Intervet's product range for use in livestock, companion animals, poultry and fish includes vaccines, antiparasitics, anti-infectives, endocrine products and other pharmaceutical specialties, diagnostics and feed additives. Intervet operates globally with its own marketing organizations. The company currently employs around 5,000 people.

Internet: www.intervet.com

CRINA® is the leader in developing, producing and marketing feed additives based on essential oil compounds. The business is growing rapidly and CRINA® has become a favoured trading partner with its international customer base. The success is based on innovation and high product quality to meet today’s and future demands of industry and consumers. CRINA® is based in Gland, Switzerland with marketing, manufacturing and R&D. CRINA® was acquired by Akzo Nobel’s Business Unit Surface Chemistry in April 1995, before it was a privately owned company.

Internet: www.crina.com
 
Bredol is based in Stenungsund, Sweden with its marketing, manufacturing and R&D and has an own sales force in Europe and Asia. Bredol is the leader for emulsifiers to the milk replacer industry. Bredol business is based on innovation and high product quality.

Internet: www.bredol.com

Akzo Nobel, based in the Netherlands, serves customers throughout the world with healthcare products, coatings and chemicals. Consolidated sales for 2003 totaled EUR 13 billion. The Company currently employs approximately 64,300 people in more than 80 countries. The financial results for the second quarter will be published on July 19, 2004.

Internet: www.akzonobel.com

For further information please contact:
Sabine Schueller  communications@intervet.com   
Communications & Public Affairs 
Intervet International bv   
Tel:  +31 (0)485 587085
Fax: +31 (0)485 585392