Sustainability at heart of AkzoNobel strategy

Dutch paints, coatings company offers global products, local solutions in China

New home sales in China have slowed down, but Thierry Vanlancker, CEO of the Netherlands-based paints and coatings company AkzoNobel, says he is not worried.

Despite the cooling of China's real estate market, the negative effect on the company's business in China has been limited, Vanlancker said during a recent business trip in Shanghai.