Arkema, a leader in specialty materials, announces a
breakthrough in new manufacturing processes that integrate up to
40% post-consumer recycled content from end-of-life packaging
products into its powder coating resins. This new technology will
empower end markets to better respond to increasing societal
expectations to preserve resources and reduce climate
impact.
COLOMBES, France, June 20,
2024 /PRNewswire/ -- TOWARDS A MORE CIRCULAR
ECONOMY
Powder coating is a solvent-free, low-waste technology, which
can now be made more circular by including recycled content.
Arkema's new recycled based powder
resin innovation uses post-consumer PET
(Polyethylene terephthalate) coming from end-of-life packaging as
an alternative to traditional fossil based raw materials to create
products containing up to 40% recycled PET and reducing PCF
(Product Carbon Footprint) by up to 20%.
ENSURING HIGH PERFORMANCE AND MORE SUSTAINABLE
LIFESTYLE
"Alongside our Bio-based and Mass Balance offers,
increasingly incorporating recycled feedstocks is another step
towards ensuring more circular high-performance solutions and a
more sustainable lifestyle. Arkema's new recycled based powder
resins further enrich sustainable solutions for our partners,
enabling end markets to increase the percentage of recycled content
in their finished products," said Richard Jenkins, Sr. Vice President, and member
of the Executive Committee.
Building on its unique set of expertise in materials
science, Arkema offers a portfolio of first-class
technologies to address ever-growing demand for new and sustainable
materials. With the ambition to become a pure player in Specialty
Materials, the Group is structured into 3 complementary, resilient
and highly innovative segments dedicated to Specialty Materials -
Adhesive Solutions, Advanced Materials, and Coating Solutions -
accounting for some 92% of Group sales in 2023, and a
well-positioned and competitive Intermediates segment. Arkema
offers cutting-edge technological solutions to meet the challenges
of, among other things, new energies, access to water, recycling,
urbanization and mobility, and fosters a permanent dialogue with
all its stakeholders. The Group reported sales of
around € 9.5 billion in 2023, and operates in some 55
countries with 21,100 employees worldwide.
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Mike Crisp
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