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, the depletion of resources, mobility, and increasing urbanization. The Group is structured into three coherent and complementary segments dedicated to Specialty Materials (Adhesive Solutions, Advanced Materials, and Coating Solutions)
A designer of materials and innovative solutions, Arkema shapes materials and creates new uses that accelerate customer performance in lightweight and design materials, biosourced materials, new energies, water management, solutions for electronics, and the performance and home insulation.
Construction
Ethacryl is a high-performance easy to formulate superplasticizer for formulating concrete admixtures. Use alone, at low dosage, this additive allows a strong water reduction (>25%) but also drastically increases the slump retention over the time without any segregation. Ethacryl allows an increase of the productivity, cost reduction and confers good pumpability to concrete.
Product Range
Adhesives
CRAYVALLAC® rheology modifiers provide coatings with a high viscosity under low shear conditions which is typically required for storage stability.
It results in excellent antisedimentation characte-
ristics in pigmented systems thus maintaining a good dispersion and preventing hard settling.
In addition, the excellent shear thinning behaviour of the CRAYVALLAC® rheological additives ensures that coatings are easily applied under the high shear conditions (brush, roller or spray).
The thixotropic nature of the CRAYVALLAC® rheology modifiers, or time dependent viscosity recovery, provides sufficient time for good flow and levelling, yet enables sufficient viscosity build up to prevent sag
Product Range
AGIPLAST®
Mechanical recycling using only renewable energy
The Agiplast® range of recycled polymers represents a significant reduction in energy required to produce that compared to the production of virgin materials.
Arrmaz
FERTILIZER COATINGS AND PROCESS AIDS
Innovative Crop Nutrition Solutions for Improved Fertilizer Quality, Handling and Performance
With rising demand for quality fertilizers, increased competition,and stricter environmental, healthandsafety (EHS) regulations, the crop nutrition industry is being challenged to deliver better quality,high-performance fertilizer products to the ircustomers.
