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 production unit exports the equivalent of 7,000 truckloads of products and 90,000 drums and IBC containers per year.
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:
- Sponsorship of Pont Sainte Maxence women's football club
- Donation of an educational tool (chemical installation: reactor) intended for the students of the sections BTS trades of Chemistry and BTS CIRA of Marie Curie high school
- Donation to the CGLV guide dog association
Sponsorship SDIS Creil for a training facility for firemen
Participation in the Local Employment Committee of Villers-Saint-Paul
Waste collection operations in the commune of Villers Saint Paul with local residents and children from the leisure center- Welcoming students from Chimie ParisTech and ESPCI
- Participation in the Pères Noël verts [Green Santa Claus] operation with the Secours Populaire [French Popular Relief] organization of Nogent-sur-Oise
- Cork recovery operation with the Samu social
Villers-Saint-Paul in key figures (2022)
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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 |
| Investments |
€3 million on health, safety and the environment. |