Arkema
Company Snapshot
Company Overview
Arkema is a France-based specialty materials company focused on high-performance polymers, specialty additives, adhesives, and coating solutions. It serves industries such as electronics, automotive, energy, aerospace, telecommunications, consumer goods, and industrial manufacturing. Its electronics-related business is concentrated within the Advanced Materials segment, where Arkema supplies specialty polymers, fluoropolymers, polyamides, and electronic materials used throughout the electronics value chain from semiconductor manufacturing and printed circuit assemblies to consumer devices and data-center infrastructure. Its fluoropolymer and specialty polyamide technologies are increasingly used for advanced applications such as wearable electronics, high-frequency communication systems, semiconductors, batteries, and energy-efficient data centers. Arkema, through its Advanced Bio-Circular (ABC) materials platform, advances in high-value specialty materials, which aligns with the electronics industry’s demand for lower-carbon and high-performance material solutions.
Financial Highlights (FY 2025)
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Company's Business Segments
- Adhesive Solutions : Construction and Consumer, providing solutions for construction, renovation of buildings, and DIY. Industrial Assembly, comprising high performance adhesives for durable goods, and adhesive solutions for packaging and non-woven.
- Advanced Materials : High Performance Polymers, consisting of specialty polyamides, PVDF, polyimides, fluorospecialties and PEKK. Performance Additives, covering interface agents combining specialty surfactants and molecular sieves, organic peroxides, thiochemicals and hydrogen peroxide.
- Coating Solutions : Coating Resins, combining the EU/US acrylics activities and coating resins. Coating Additives, combining Sartomer photocure resins and Coatex rheology additives and specialties.
- Intermediates : Fluorogases and Asia Acrylics.
Applications/End User Industries
- 3D Printing
- Adhesive
- Sealants
- Automotive
- Transportation
- Building
- Construction
- Composites
- Advanced Materials
- Electronics
- Electrical
- Renewable Energy
- Energy Storage
- Water Management
- Packaging
- Oil
- Gas
- Coatings
- Paints
- Inks
- Sports
- Leisure
- Agriculture
- Food
- Health
- Heigene
- Beauty
- Pulp and Paper
- Chemical
- Plastics
- Mining
- Metallurgy
- Cooling
- Refrigeration