Automotive & Transportation

A solution for every function

Arkema and its subsidiaries offer processors, equipment manufacturers, and automakers an extensive line of basic, finished, and semi-finished products.

A Key Market

Our products meet the requirements of a market facing major changes and challenges, among them cost reduction, market globalization, product line diversification, the design race, the expanded use of electronics, and safety, fuel economy, and vehicle life cycle management imperatives. Through our partnerships with automakers and automotive equipment manufacturers, we design and produce innovative solutions.

Complete Product Line

Arkema supplies products for the four main automotive functions :

Exterior parts, which must combine thermal performance and mechanical strength with real design flair

Interior parts, which must meet safety standards while offering broad appeal in terms of feel, appearance, and smell, thereby contributing to the comfort and enjoyment of passengers

Technical parts, whose primary goal is mechanical strength and the ability to withstand environmental stresses, such as high temperatures, fuel vapor and oily or corrosive substances

"Invisible" products that contribute directly or indirectly to vehicle solidity and durability, such as additives, gaskets, and anti-corrosion treatments, or to comfort, such as air conditioner refrigerant

Common Transportation Applications

Rilsan® polyamide 11 and Rilsamid® polyamide 12 resins are preferred for a great number of automotive fuel system applications.

Rilsan® polyamide 11 is the preferred material for pneumatic brake hoses and tubes for trucks and buses.

Rilperm® Multilayer fuel line technology offer excellent fuel barrier, physical properties, and economical efficiency.

Films and alloys made with Kynar® polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) are used in car exteriors and moldings, for their ability to maintain their gloss and color for years and their resistance to bad weather and automotive fuel corrosion.

Lacovyl® PVC, Sunfrost® elastomer, Nakan® vinyl compounds, and Sunprene® elastomer are used to coat fabrics and instrument panels, interior fittings, gaskets, and fuel line coverings.

Forane® refrigerants are found in automotive air conditioning systems, both in passenger cars and refrigerated trucks.

Lotryl® and Lotader® are used in wiring and soundproofing.

Luperox® peroxides are found in automotive parts as hoses, belts, gaskets, o-rings and car body panels.

Platamid®  delivers versatile and durable adhesion for automotive interior laminates.

Sartomer manufactures and markets a complete line of monomers, oligomers, and methacrylic crosslinking coagents used for the automotive and transportation market.

These low-VOC products are widely used in ultraviolet (UV) light (Sarbox™ Oligomers), electron beam (EB), and peroxide curing of high-performance coatings, adhesives and sealants, electronics, and elastomer systems.

Application examples include:

• automotive panels, PVC plastisols, and automotive headlights;
• electronic adhesives ;
• insulating window glass sealants;
• hoses;
• low odor SMC composite parts;
• various compression and injection molded goods;
• wire and cable insulation;
• belts;
• gaskets.

Mixland+®, additives dispersed in a polymeric binder which suit all the technical rubber applications for various activities, like automotive rubber parts, tires, …

Ekaland™, a full range of additives for rubber industry, mainly used in tire fields, but also for automotive rubber parts like Anti Vibration System, car carpets, …