Arkema S.A - ARKAY

Arkema S.A. provides chemical products worldwide. Its High Performance Materials segment offers adhesives and sealants for industry, hygiene, construction, and consumer products; and specialty polyamides for automotive, aerospace, aeronautics, oil and gas, electronics, and consumer goods, as well as polyvinylidene fluoride for chemical engineering, paints and anti-corrosive coatings, oil and gas extraction, photovoltaic panels, lithium-ion batteries, and water treatment membranes. This segment also provides adsorption products; organic peroxides used as polymerization initiators for polyethylene, polyvinyl chloride, polystyrene, and crosslinking agents; glass coating additives; and photocure resins for metal, plastic and wood coatings, optics, graphic arts, electronics, 3D printing, and inkjet printing. The company’s Industrial Specialties segment offers polymethyl methacrylate for construction, automotive, billboard, decoration, and LED television applications, as well as functional polyolefins used in adhesives, packaging, photovoltaics and electric, electronics, and automotive industries. This segment also provides thiochemicals for animal feed, petrochemicals and refining, natural gas odorization, polymerization agents, agrochemicals, and pharmaceuticals markets; fluorogases for refrigeration, air-conditioning, foams, and solvents, as well as used as feedstock for fluoropolymers; and hydrogen peroxide for pulp and paper bleaching, water treatment, disinfection, electronics, and textile markets, as well as sodium chlorate. Its Coating Solutions segment offers acrylic monomers for adhesives, paints, coatings, superabsorbents, water treatment, and oil and gas recovery; coating resins, such as waterborne, solventborne, and powder resins; and rheology additives. The company was incorporated in 2003 and is headquartered in Colombes, France.