AKZO BUYS RHONE-POULENC HOUSEHOLD UNITS Dutch chemical group Akzo N.V. <AKZO.AS> said it agreed to take over household product subsidiaries of French group Rhone-Poulenc <RHON.PA> for an undisclosed sum. Under the agreement, Akzo will acquire the household product activities of the Lyons-based <Rhodic> and Remalard-based <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.