This broad product range combines Arkema’s technological expertise in the adhesives market, strengthened by the recent acquisition of Ashland Performance Adhesives, and leading acrylic value chain solutions.

Arkema announces the doubling of its polyester resins capacity in its Navi Mumbai facility in India, reinforcing the Group’s leadership position in the global powder coatings market and its commitment to developing very low-VOC technologies.

One year after its first “Coating Rendez-Vous” event, Arkema is presenting a new important digital event that will feature actionable solutions and technologies in coating materials that support safer products, reduced carbon footprint solutions and a more circular economy.

Arkema is pleased to announce the launch of TippoxTM 2028 stabilizer, the optimized stabilizer solution for the growing base of customers in PMMA production around the globe. TippoxTM 2028 stabilizer offers a new approach to traditionally utilized methods of handling thermal degradation.

As a major player in the composite sector, Arkema will once again launch at this year’s JEC edition new adhesives solutions, advanced resins and show its range of semi-finished products. All innovations and product range are guided by the same goal: Innovative materials for a sustainable world.

On 17 March 2022, the ZEBRA (Zero wastE Blade ReseArch) consortium announced a new step forward in the industry’s ambitious transition project towards a circular economy with the manufacture of the first 100% recyclable prototype wind turbine blade using Arkema’s Elium^® liquid thermoplastic resin and new high performance glass fabrics.

Due to strong demand for lithium-ion batteries, and other important markets, Arkema’s previously announced 35% fluoropolymer capacity increase at its Changshu site in China is now revised upwards to a capacity increase of 50%, with no change in the expected start-up date (end-2022).

Arkema announces the project to double its UV curable resins production capacity at its Nansha plant in China. This expansion will support the fast-growing demand in Asia for cutting-edge solutions in electronics, driven by 5G technology, and in renewable energies.

In the presence of Thierry Le Hénaff, Chairman and CEO of the Group, Arkema today inaugurates the Christian Collette Center of Excellence dedicated to batteries at its Pierre-Bénite Research Center. On this occasion the Group will announce a 50% increase in its Kynar^® PVDF fluoropolymer production capacities at its Pierre-Bénite site in order to address the fast-growing demand for materials for lithium-ion batteries. Arkema now aims for sales of at least one billion euros in batteries by 2030.

Arkema, a pioneer and leader in high-performance materials for 3D printing, continues its development in additive manufacturing and provides innovative and sustainable new material solutions for all major 3D printing technologies. The Group has expanded its list of industrial partnerships and collaborative research programs all along the supply chain.