08.06.2011
- French chemicals company Arkema won an appeal on Tuesday against a 219.1 million euro EU antitrust fine after Europe's second-highest court said regulators' decision to impose a...
18.05.2011
- Europe's second-highest court on Tuesday upheld European Union antitrust fines totaling €59 million ($84 million) on French groups Elf Aquitaine and Arkema for participating in a...
02.05.2011
- French specialty chemicals maker Arkema won EU regulatory approval on Friday to acquire parts of French oil major Total's chemicals business, to boost its coatings and resins...
04.04.2011
- Cash-rich Belgian chemicals group Solvay is betting on emerging markets exposure and specialty chemicals with a €3.4 billion ($4.8 billion) cash bid for French group Rhodia. Monday...
07.12.2010
- France's Arkema plans to buy parts of Total's specialty chemicals business for €550 million ($729 million) to expand its coatings resins unit and boost its presence in Asia. Arkema...
- Arkema has turned ecotechnologies into reality with increasingly efficient materials that are key to the competitiveness of its downstream markets: the growing use of renewable raw...
28.06.2010
- Arkema and SolVin (a joint venture between Solvay and BASF) have decided to each buy back the minority cross-holdings in the vinyls joint venntures, effective July 1. This affects...
31.05.2010
- Arkema has announced that it now has received Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) approval for commercial sales of its Graphistrength multiwall carbon nanotubes (CNTs) in the U.S...