Keyword: Arkema

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Arkema Makes Bid for Adhesives Manufacturer Bostik

24.09.2014 - French chemical producer Arkema has offered to acquire German adhesives manufacturer Bostik from its former parent company, oil and petrochemicals major Total. Arkema did not say...

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Arkema Seeks to Close Spanish Fluorogas Plant

10.09.2014 - French chemical producer Arkema has begun consultation with employees of its fluorogas production at Zamarillo, Spain, about closing the facility, which produces HFC R32 and R143a...

Strategy & Management

Plastic Electronics Manufacturing

02.09.2014 - Currently, we do not get around technology presentations without the Internet of Things (IoT) praised as one of the drivers of future growth. There are billions of units of devices...

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Arkema Inks US Deal for Shale Gas-derived Propylene

04.08.2014 - French chemical producer Arkema has signed a ten-year agreement with US energy company Enterprise Products Partners for the supply of shale gas-derived propylene to its US...

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Arkema Starts New MMA Plant in Texas

29.07.2014 - French chemical producer Arkema has started up a 45,000 t/y plant for MMA at its Clear Lake, Texas site. The company said the new production unit represents the last phase of a...

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Omya and Arkema in European Additives Distribution Pact

07.07.2014 - Swiss specialty chemicals producer and distributor Omya and French-based global chemical producer Arkema have sealed an exclusive pan-European distribution agreement. Under the...

Chemistry & Life Sciences

Chemistry is ... In the Name of Sustainability

06.06.2014 - Controversy And Competition - The Soccer World Cup from June 12 to July 13 in Brazil will captivate millions of people. However, such a big event is not without controversy...

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Kem One Converting Lavera PVC Site to Membrane Process

07.04.2014 - French PVC producer Kem One, the former Arkema subsidiary recently rescued from bankruptcy by private equity investor OpenGate Capital and industrialist Alain de Krassny, has begun...