Company profile
Arkema is a worldwide leader in specialty materials. Building on its unique set of expertise in materials science, Arkema designs materials to address the ever-growing demand for innovative and sustainable materials, driven by the challenges of new energies, new technologies, depletion of resources, clean mobility and increasing urbanisation.
The Group is structured into three coherent and complementary segments dedicated to Specialty Materials – Adhesive Solutions, Advanced Materials and Coating Solutions. Each of the business segments benefits from global leadership positions for most of its business, a great capacity for innovation oriented towards sustainable development and environmental protection and a global geographical presence balanced between America, Europe and Asia.
Sustained by the collective energy of its 21,100 employees, Arkema operates in some 55 countries and reported sales of €9.5 billion in 2023.
Concerning innovation, Arkema cultivates interaction with its stakeholders and innovates around 5 solution-oriented research platforms – Lightening of materials, new energies, natural resource management, solutions for electronics, home comfort and performance. These platforms articulate the Group’s R&D with the major trends of today’s and tomorrow’s world.
Dealing with green chemistry and bio-sourced products, faced with the scarcity of fossil resources, Arkema is directing its research towards solutions based on plant-based raw materials to produce green chemistry and bioplastics, which are more respectful of the environment. The Group thus intends to contribute to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal N°12 “establish sustainable consumption and production patterns”.