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Arkema finalizes the acquisition of Dow’s flexible packaging laminating adhesives business
With annual sales of around US$250 million, Dow’s flexible packaging laminating adhesives business offers a broad range of high-quality solutions in food and medical applications, as well as for in...
Arkema launches Ethyl Acrylate based entirely on bioethanol at Carling, France
Arkema bio-based ethyl acrylate offers a bio carbon content (BCC) of 40% and a product carbon footprint (PCF) reduction of up to 30%*. Bioethanol is sustainably sourced from biomass feedstock. *IP...
Arkema and ProLogium enter cooperation for next-generation lithium-ceramic battery materials for e-mobility with the construction of a gigafactory in Dunkirk, France
Arkema has been chosen by ProLogium, a Taiwanese technology leader in advanced batteries, as a key development and supply partner ahead of the launch of its gigafactory in France.
Inauguration of Arkema’s new specialty molecular sieve production capacities at Honfleur
Port of Le Havre →This new plant will enable the Group to support its customers’ growth in the refining and petrochemicals markets, in particular in Asia and the Middle East. This investment of some €60 million supp...
Arkema to double production capacity at its Leuna hydrogen peroxide facility
Leuna Chemical Complex →Arkema, the world’s third leading hydrogen peroxide producer, announces plans to double production capacity at its Leuna site, Germany, to 80,000 ton/year by mid-2010.
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Arkema SA is a France-based company which specializes in the manufacture and marketing of chemical products. The Company operates through its two business segments: Industrial Chemicals and Performance Products. The Industrial Chemicals division offers the production of acrylics, polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA), hydrogen peroxide, fluorochemicals and thiochemicals, and includes such brands as Forane, Albone, Norsocryl, Altuglas and Sarbio. The Performance Products include the production of technical polymers, specialty chemicals and functional additives. The Company's products are used in the construction, automotive and transportation, health, electrical and electronics, agricultural and packaging industries, among others. In April 2013, it acquired a majority stake in AEC Polymers.