AKZO BUYS RHONE-POULENC HOUSEHOLD UNITS

  Dutch chemical group Akzo
  N.V. &lt;AKZO.AS> said it agreed to take over household product
  subsidiaries of French group Rhone-Poulenc &lt;RHON.PA> for an
  undisclosed sum.
      Under the agreement, Akzo will acquire the household
  product activities of the Lyons-based &lt;Rhodic> and
  Remalard-based &lt;Buhler-Fontaine> units of Rhone Poulenc.
  Together, these activities account for over 180 mln French
  francs in annual sales and employ 170, Akzo said.
      Akzo will integrate the firms, to be partially joined with
  its own French activities, in its consumer products division.
  

