Arkema Villers-Saint-Paul production unit
The Villers-Saint-Paul plant produces photocure resins intended for the optical fiber, graphic arts, and electronics markets.
Located in Picardy, 60 kilometers from Paris, the Villers-Saint-Paul production site was set up in 1917.
With a workforce of 150 permanent employees (plus 35 employees from outside companies and nearly 300 induced jobs), the Villers-Saint-Paul production unit helps maintain the region’s industrial and economic drive.
Villers-Saint-Paul plant activity
The core business of the Villers-Saint-Paul plant is the production of photocure resins.
The Sartomer photocure resins produced at the Villers-Saint-Paul site are made using photo-crosslinking or “UV curing” technology, which allows a coating to be obtained by instant drying using ultraviolet rays.
Acrylate and methacrylate resins and specialty polymers (monomers and oligomers) have many daily applications, which are used in the manufacture of electronic components, optical fiber, industrial coatings, sealants, rubber-based products, and adhesives.
The Villers-Saint-Paul production unit is at the forefront in terms of the environment and safety. It pursues a proactive policy to reduce its impact on air and water as well as rigorous monitoring of its waste, which is recovered or recycled via the appropriate channels. Arkema’s Villers-Saint-Paul plant spends €3 million each year on health, safety and the environment.
Community Involvement
As part of Common Ground®, the Villers-Saint-Paul production unit carries out numerous awareness-raising actions among elected officials, residents and school groups.
Among these actions:
- Presentation of careers in various scientific middle and high schools
- Sponsorship of the Pont Sainte Maxence women's soccer club
- Donation of an educational tool (chemical installation: reactor) for students in the BTS Chemistry and BTS CIRA sections at Lycée Marie Curie.
- SDIS Creil sponsorship for a training facility for firefighters
- Waste collection operations in Villers Saint Paul with local residents and children from the leisure center.
- Visit to a group of young girls from Le Blanc Mesnil as part of the Industri'elles "Sport dans la ville" initiative.
- Participation in the "Olympiades de la Chimie" and visit to the Lycée Saint Dominique de Mortefontaine plant.
- Hosting interns and work-study students from middle school to engineer level
- Climate Fresk facilitator at Villers-Saint-Paul leisure center and senior club
- Chemistry workshop at the Villers-Saint-Paul town festival
- Alternance presentation video
- Sponsorship of soccer activities for 150 elementary school children in Villers-Saint-Paul
- Sponsorship of the Verneuil-en-Halatte Trail and Walk
Villers-Saint-Paul in key figures (2023)
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Number of employees |
150 |
|---|---|
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Industrial safety |
0 accident |
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Certifications |
ISO 14001: Environmental management ISO 9001: Quality management ISO 50001: Energy management OHSAS 18001: Safety management ISCC+: certification of traceability of materials used |
| Investments |
€3 million on health, safety and the environment. |