Oct. 16, 2019News & Opinions
Arkema is selling its functional polyolefins business to SK Global Chemical, a subsidiary of major South Korean group SK, for €335 million as it continues to shift its portfolio toward specialty chemicals and advanced materials.
Oct. 09, 2019News & Opinions
French chemicals and plastics producer Arkema has started up a new €20 million production line for ultra-high-performance polyamide 12 powders at its site in Mont, France in the Pyrenees. The investment widens the company’s ...
Sep. 09, 2019Topics
The Together for Sustainability (TFS) initiative was launched in 2011 as a joint program of chemical companies for sustainable supply chains. Its goal is to develop and implement a global agenda to evaluate and improve sustainable ...
Aug. 01, 2019News & Opinions
Arkema is to acquire UK specialty chemicals company Lambson for an undisclosed sum. ...
May. 17, 2019News & Opinions
Arkema has agreed to buy ArrMaz, a US-based producer of specialty surfactants for crop nutrition, mining and infrastructure, from private equity group Golden Capital for $570 million. ...
Feb. 13, 2019News & Opinions
Arkema is due to open a polyester resin plant in Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, on Feb. 13, adding to its existing plants in Sant Celoni, Spain, and North Kansas City, Missouri, USA. ...
Aug. 07, 2018News & Opinions
A jury in Harris County, Texas, has issued a series of indictments to the US subsidiary of French chemical producer Arkema, its CEO Richard Rowe and plant manager Leslie Comardelle concerning the explosion and fires at the Crosby plant ...
Aug. 06, 2018News & Opinions
Arkema has opened its new 3D Printing Center of Excellence at the Exton, Pennsylvania, site of US business line Sartomer. As part of the facility’s work, the French chemical producer said Sartomer and its partners will further ...
Jul. 18, 2018News & Opinions
French chemical producer Arkema has announced plans to expand global production capacity for its specialty PA powder by more than 50% at Mont, France, up to the second half of 2019.
Jun. 08, 2018News & Opinions
Arkema is studying the doubling of thiochemicals capacity at its site in Beaumont, Texas, USA. The additional capacity would supply high value-added sulfur derivatives to Novus International’s proposed methionine hydroxyl analogue ...
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