The Lab, our showroom dedicated to innovation
Welcome to the Lab!
200 m2 of surprising experiments, touch screens, tools and animated 3D digital content recreating applications in which the often unsuspected benefits of our materials are presented.
The Lab is a meeting place open to all - employees, customers, partners, students - and accessible to the general public.
What's so special about this new showroom? It has been designed to be visited with a scientific mediator, but also independently, thanks to its battery of interactive animations!
Our innovations deserved a high-tech showcase where Arkema’s materials can be understood and experimented with — a showroom to reveal our skills and expertise."
7 zones to discover Arkema
Visitors are invited to explore 7 thematic zones featuring original experiences, for an immersion in our materials that's different every time.
In the first zone, a giant touch-screen (the largest in Europe) gives an initial overview of the Group: our key markets, our CSR policy, our geographical distribution...
Then it's off to the Banana Lab. The ideal place for safe experiments in bonding, water filtration, rheology and more.
The third zone features 5 screens to explore 5 key issues, and how Arkema is addressing them, such as clean mobility, water filtration, habitat performance, electronics, and bio-sourced products.
Now it's time for recycling and eco-design, with three examples (a sports shoe, a plastic bottle and bitumen road aggregate) showing how our solutions encourage the recycling of these wastes to give them a new life.
In zone 5, visitors to the object library can discover a wide range of everyday objects designed using our materials.
In the sixth zone, we're off to the automotive world, with an interactive car. A tactile scan of a vehicle shows where more than a hundred Arkema products are located.
Finally, the "Once upon a time" zone recounts 10 iconic objects - and Arkema's place in them - in augmented reality via a glass screen.
