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AkzoNobel's Dulux is among the world's leading paint brands. Aerospace coatings protect aircraft fuselages. Marine antifouling paints prevent biofouling on ship hulls.

Takasago's BINAP-Rh catalyzed asymmetric isomerization of allylic amines — producing (-)-menthol from myrcene — won Noyori the 2001 Nobel Prize. 3,000 tons/year of synthetic menthol from enantioselective catalysis. Chemistry at scale.

H.B. Fuller's reactive hot-melt adhesives — moisture-curing polyurethanes — bond automotive interiors and engineered wood flooring. Our chemistry holds together the furniture you sit on and the car you drive.