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Global demand for new, innovative and sustainable materials is growing. Today this trend is accelerating, and our world is being transformed by disruptive megatrends:

  • Natural resources preservation and decarbonization
  • Urbanization and living standards
  • Transition to electric mobility
  • Technology disruptions and AI
  • Social change  and consumer  behaviors

To meet our customers’ needs for high-tech, lightweight, biosourced, recyclable materials, Arkema has steadily transformed itself and evolved its business portfolio since its creation, consolidated its organization, and developed its assets and know-how. These developments serve the vision we have had from the outset: to make Arkema a pure leader in Specialty Materials, offering the most innovative and sustainable solutions.

Unique skills to address these issues

Arkema has built a unique range of solutions thanks to the breadth and diversity of the ranges of materials developed or acquired since its creation. In particular:

  • We know how to bond and assemble materials.
  • We know how to strengthen and create lighter, more efficient or biosourced materials.
  • We know how to protect, modify materials and apply coatings to them.

All these skills draw upon strong expertise in materials science that combines our knowledge of polymerization, formulation, and application know-how. This expertise stands at the heart of Arkema's business, and our combined sets of know-how enable us to offer tailored solutions and unique innovations to the most demanding customers in many sectors such as electronics, decorative and industrial paint, construction, and automotive.

Know-how structured around 3 growth platforms with strong synergies

These skills are organized into three coherent and complementary segments, centered on the science of materials:

Together, these three segments make up the Specialty Materials platform on which Arkema builds its future and which form the basis of its long-term vision of the company. 

The combination of these three platforms is unique in the chemical industry. It helps create strong in-house synergies in terms of innovation, as well as business and operational prospects. It also offers us an outstanding ability to serve our customers in attractive and diverse growing markets.


Five drivers at the heart of the strategy

These five drivers have always been at the heart of our transformation and will remain so:

  • Leverage the strength of  One Arkema to enhance employee empowerment and customer intimacy
  • Achieve superior growth from sustainable innovation in  key technologies and focus markets
  • Ramp-up  recent major capex  and carry out  new targeted  high-return projects
  • Further strengthen the portfolio  with bolt-on M&A  and finalize the divestment of Intermediates
  • Drive our manufacturing excellence including  a strong focus on decarbonization  and digitalization
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