New Accoya® Wood European licence agreement

Accsys Technologies PLC, producers of Accoya, a high performance acetylated wood product, has announced that it has entered into a licence agreement with Rhodia Acetow GmbH, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Solvay-Rhodia, the multinational chemicals and plastics conglomerate, for the production and sale of Accoya across Europe.

The licence grants Rhodia the exclusive rights for a 15 year period for Rhodia to produce and sell Accoya to over 40 European countries except the UK, Ireland and Benelux. The agreement also allows the construction of multiple Accoya production plants in various locations over a period of 25 years.

The first plant will have an initial capacity of 63,000m³ of finished Accoya output and should be operational by the end of 2014. Accsys’s first plant, based in the Netherlands, will continue to operate as a R&D unit as well as production facility to supply markets in the remaining European countries and the rest of the world.

With growing opportunities in wood modification, one of the world leaders in wood acetylation, Accys Technologies from the UK (John Alexander, Head of Product Development) will be presenting at the new Wood Innovations 2012 event planned for New Zealand and Australian companies in mid-October along with a leading team from a German University that who has been at the forefront of new developments in wood modification in Europe for over 20 years.

For full programme details on Wood Innovations 2012, visit the website www.woodinnovationsevents.com

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