Arkema Renewables

Dwinling fossil resources

Plant growth uses up CO2

Developing materials derived from vegetable raw materials

Technical polymers newly developed from renewable raw materials

Polymer / wood composite materials

Arkema Renewables: a label

Innovation from developing renewable raw materials

Arkema as a stakeholder

Developing materials derived from vegetable raw materials: One of the priority areas of Arkema’s R&D

Several product lines from Arkema already call upon the use of raw materials of vegetable origin.

A group of high added value performance products directly derived from castor oil:

• Rilsan® 11, a high-end polyamide for technical applications.
• Heptanaldehyde, heptanoic acid and heptanol used in particular in perfume manufacture and in the agro-food industry.
• Esterol, which has applications in industrial lubrication, the application of concrete, and metalwork.

Various products from CECA, Arkema’s specialty chemicals subsidiary, are also produced from renewable raw materials:

• Surfactants from oilseed for road surfacing formulations and for drilling in the oil industry.
• Activated carbon obtained from various ligneous sources including coconut.

Ethanol of agricultural origin is used in the manufacture of ethyl acrylate, used in the formulation of paint, and of ethylamine.