Arkema

Company Overview

Arkema is a publicly listed, multi-national French company that produces specialty chemicals and advanced materials for the global market. Founded in 2004, it operates through four major segments: adhesive solutions, advanced materials, coating solutions, and intermediates. The company has a strong regional presence in Africa, Asia-Pacific, the Middle East, Latin America, Europe, and North America.

Arkema Group’s Bostik brand of adhesive solutions is a leading global player in selling and bonding technologies. It offers smart adhesive solutions for industries and consumers, catering to construction, hygiene, packaging, mobility, and DIY.

Financial Highlights (FY 2023)

Company's Business Segments

• Adhesive Solutions : Construction and Consumer, providing solutions for construction, renovation of buildings, and DIY. Industrial Assembly, comprising high performance adhesives for durable goods, and adhesive solutions for packaging and non-woven.
• Advanced Materials : High Performance Polymers, consisting of specialty polyamides, PVDF, polyimides, fluorospecialties and PEKK. Performance Additives, covering interface agents combining specialty surfactants and molecular sieves, organic peroxides, thiochemicals and hydrogen peroxide.
• Coating Solutions : Coating Resins, combining the EU/US acrylics activities and coating resins. Coating Additives, combining Sartomer photocure resins and Coatex rheology additives and specialties.
• Intermediates : Fluorogases and Asia Acrylics.
• Other (corporate)