AkzoNobel's flagship external publication A Magazine has scooped its second major honor of the year after winning a prestigious European Excellence Award at an event held in Austria.
One of five nominations in the Corporate Media: External Publication category, A Magazine was presented with the honor at a gala dinner staged at the Hofburg Palace in Vienna.
More than 1,200 entries were received for this year's awards, which honor outstanding achievements in communication on an international scale.
Victory in Vienna means that A Magazine - which is just three issues old - has now won two awards since being launched in October 2008, having also picked up an Art Directors Club Bronze Cube earlier this year.
A Magazine is available free of charge via online subscription: www.akzonobel.com/a.
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AkzoNobel is proud to be one of the world's leading industrial companies. Based in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, we make and supply a wide range of paints, coatings and specialty chemicals - 2008 revenue totalled €15.4 billion. In fact, we are the largest global paints and coatings company. As a major producer of specialty chemicals we supply industries worldwide with quality ingredients for life's essentials. We think about the future, but act in the present. We're passionate about introducing new ideas and developing sustainable answers for our customers. That's why our 58,000 employees - who are based in more than 80 countries - are committed to excellence and delivering Tomorrow's Answers Today(TM).
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