Arkema, a leader in specialty materials, converts its full line of acrylic thickeners produced in Europe, ensuring the same high performances. This initiative leads to introduce up to 30% bio-based content and up to 25% product carbon footprint reduction compared to standard grades. 

Arkema, a leader in specialty materials, is bringing together AkzoNobel, Omya, Beckers, ADEO and PPG to discuss how, collectively across the coatings industry, Carbon Footprint Reduction can be accelerated. Those trends include driving the change towards more sustainable paints for homes, lower carbon footprint materials and processes for the built environment, new coating applications for safer electric vehicle batteries.

Arkema, a leader in specialty materials, is now producing Ethyl Acrylate exclusively from bioethanol, at its acrylic monomer facility in Carling, France. Arkema bio-based ethyl acrylate offers a bio carbon content (BCC) of 40% and a product carbon footprint (PCF) reduction of up to 30%*. Bioethanol is sustainably sourced from biomass feedstock.