Arkema's Technical Polymers Business Unit

Our Business Unit holds forefront commercial positions based on strong brands, widely respected products and assertive R&D.

We have operations in Marseille, Mont, Pierre Bénite and Serquigny in France, Calvert City, Birdsboro and King of Prussia in the United States, as well as in Japan and China.

We manufacture and market a wide range of products used in many applications :

Polyamides 

As well as Rilsan® Clear, Arkema manufactures:

• Rilsan® Polyamides 11 and 12 for fuel lines, coiled air hoses for trucks, electrical components, etc.
• Pebax® Polyether Block Amides for athletic shoes, toy manufacturing, watchmaking, automobiles, etc.
• Platamid® Heatseal Copolyamides for bonding of fabrics in the textile industry (garments and automobile interior fittings)
• Orgalloy® Thermoplastic Alloys for bodywork and under-hood parts for cars, agricultural fumigation film, etc.

Fine and Ultra Fine Powders

• Orgasol® Ultra Fine Powders in cosmetics formulations (powder, cream, foundation, lipstick, sunscreen), carriers for active ingredients (vitamins A and E).
• Orgasol® Ultra Fine Powders additives for paints, varnishes, paper, inks and adhesives.
• Rilsan® Polyamide Fine Powders for protection of automotive parts (spline shafts, brake hoses), water pipes, other (dishwasher baskets, hosiery).
• Rilsan® Active, polyamide 11 powder coating with added surface protection against bacterial growth.

Functional Polyolefins

• Evatane® Ethylene Vinyl Acetate (EVA) for adhesives, cables, polymer modified bitumen, films and solar panel encapsulation.
• Lotryl® Ethylene Acrylate Copolymers for adhesives, cables, polymer modification, protection film, extrusion coating and sealable peelable layer.
• Lotader® Ethylene Acrylate Terpolymer, used as impact modifier for polymers, coupling agent in halogen free flame retardant (HFFR) cables, adhesive for the manufacturing of compound materials and food packaging, etc.
• Orevac® used for packaging applications (co-extrusion & lamination of multilayer barrier structures, adhesion between polyolefins & barrier materials) and industrial applications (tie layers in multilayer structures, adhesion between polyolefins & polar materials such as EVOH, PA, Epoxy or Aluminium).

Castor Oil Derivatives

• Glycerin (cosmetics, food additive)
• Heptanoic Acid (flavors, cosmetics & lubricants, anticorrosion properties, plasticizers)
• Heptaldehyde and Heptanol (flavors, fragrances)
• Undecylenic Acid (fragrances, cosmetics, pharmaceuticals)
• Esterol A (lubricants, additives for leather treatment )
• Amino-11 Undecanoic Acid (monomer of Rilsan® Polyamide 11).

Arkema is the world leader in Polyamides 11 and 12 (Rilsan®), and Heatseal Copolyamides (Platamid®).

Find out more about our company and products on www.arkema.com.