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Imperial Chemical Industries was a British chemical company, the subject of a takeover completed in 2008 by AkzoNobel, a Dutch conglomerate. In its heyday, ICI was the largest manufacturing company in the British Empire, and commonly regarded as a "bellwether of the British economy". It produced paints and speciality products. It employed around 29,000 people and had a turnover of just over £4.8 billion in 2006. The company was independent from 1926 to 2008, headquartered for most of that time in Millbank, London, and was a constituent of the FT 30 and FTSE 100 Index. After the January 2008 change of ownership, AkzoNobel immediately sold off parts of ICI to Henkel, and integrated ICI's remaining operations within its existing organisation.
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