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 A plastic material that’s popular with designers
The main qualities of PMMA Altuglas® acrylic glass are its transparency, its smooth and glossy surface and its resistance to yellowing.
It’s an inspiring material for designers:
the interior design sector has seized upon it
to design transparent or colored chairs, tables, lamps and furniture. It is also found in the
form of thin sheets in LED TV screens, where
it ensures a uniform distribution of light and
of the image.
* PMMA: polymethyl methacrylate
 High-quality paper
Without Arkema’s chemistry, the pages of these books wouldn’t be white, and the pages of magazines wouldn’t be glossy.
Albone® hydrogen peroxide and Alpure® sodium chlorate, two essential products for pulp bleaching, achieve stable, exceptional
whiteness without damaging the fibers.
To improve the paper’s “coating” (i.e., its surface aspect), Coatex, an Arkema subsidiary, deploys its unique skill to control the viscosity
of coatings applied to the paper’s surface. Its RheocoatTM and RheocarbTM additives provide printability and give the surface
a smooth matt or glossy finish.
 Indispensable chemistry / Arkema Inside 13
  Solvent-free paint that is odor-free, too
Beautiful decoration is based on choosing quality paint. Synaqua® resin enables the formulation of what are called “solvent-free” water-based paints that are as glossy, cover as well and are as resistant as traditional solvent-based paints. Made with 97% raw materials of plant origin, this resin makes it possible to manufacture paints with very low levels of volatile organic compounds (VOCs). Meanwhile, CoapurTM thickening additives provide paint with optimal texture and viscosity, for uniform coverage that does not run.
   A coating that warms up walls
Bostik has developed the first
thermal insulation leveling coating
for interior wall preparation that
reduces heat loss by 15%. It contains
glass microbeads that capture heat
while offering the same quality of preparation before painting as conventional coatings. It’s an ideal coating to improve the thermal insulation of the walls of old
or new buildings.








































































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