Arkema
| Arkema
|
|
|---|---|
 |
|
| legal form | Société Anonyme |
| ISIN | FR0010313833 |
| founding | 2004 |
| Seat |
Colombes , France
|
| management | Thierry Le Hénaff |
| Number of employees | 19,800 |
| sales | 8.3 billion euros |
| Branch | chemistry |
| Website | www.arkema.com |
Arkema is a French company based in Colombes .
The company is active in the manufacture of various petrochemical products. Arkema has around 20,000 employees. The company was formed in 2004 as a result of a spin-off from the French company Atofina , which emerged from the chemical divisions of the two companies TotalFina and Elf .
The subsidiary Altuglas is a large PMMA manufacturer.
history
In 1983 the Atochem company was created through the reorganization of all chemical activities from Elf Aquitaine and the takeover of ATO Chimie (Aquitaine Total Organico), Chloé Chimie and, in part, PCUK (Produits Chimiques Ugine Kuhlmann). A few years later, in 1990, Orkem was split up and mostly taken over by Atochem, only the specialty chemicals went to Total. In addition, Atochem took over Montedison's hydroperoxide division in the same year .
After the merger of Total and Elf in 1999, the chemical activities were outsourced as Atofina one year later. Arkema was founded in 2004. The agrochemical industry was sold to the Indian company United Phosphorus in 2007 as CEREXAGRI .
In 2012, the PVC division with production facilities in Berre-l'Étang (PVC), Balan (PVC), Saint-Fons (PVC), Saint-Auban (PVC), Fos-sur-Mer (vinyl chloride), Lavéra (chloromethane, Vinyl chloride) and Vauvert (sole) were sold to Klesch for a symbolic € 1 , which went bankrupt in March 2013.
Main business areas
The three business areas of ARKEMA are High Performance Materials, Industrial Specialties and Coating Solutions.
Locations
Arkema is represented in a total of 55 countries worldwide with its 136 production sites, 60 of which are in Europe, 37 in North America and 39 in Asia (as of 2017). In addition, three large research centers belong to the ARKEMA group.
Germany
In Germany, ARKEMA employs around 420 people and is headquartered in Düsseldorf. The production facilities include Günzburg (organic peroxides), Kirchheimbolanden (hydrogen peroxide), Leuna (hydrogen peroxide), Vasdorf (odorant for natural gas ( THT )) and Zwickau (synthetic resins and paints).
Media reports
Arkema operates a plant in Crosby, Texas , which, among other things, produces organic peroxides . In late August 2017, it was flooded as a result of the effects of Hurricane Harvey . The employees and residents were evacuated. On August 31, there were two explosions caused by the interruption of the power supply to the cooling of a production facility. The water in the plant was almost two meters high. The evacuation zone had a radius of about two kilometers. In August 2017, 57 employees worked in this plant.
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d [1]
- ^ History
- ^ France's Arkema to sell vinyl segment to Klesch Group
- ↑ Kem One: PVC Group files for bankruptcy
- ↑ https://www.arkema.com/en/arkema-group/profile/
- ↑ https://www.arkema.com/en/all-arkema-locations/arkema-in-germany/
- Jump up ↑ Texas Floods: Chemical Plant Explosions. In: Spiegel Online . Retrieved August 31, 2017 .
- ^ Floods in Texas: Explosions in a flooded chemical plant. In: zeit.de . August 31, 2017, accessed August 31, 2017 .
- ↑ Harvey: Chemical plant near Houston, Texas explodes - manager magazin. In: manager-magazin.de. August 31, 2017, accessed August 31, 2017 .
- ^ Chemicals spark fires at Crosby plant, officials no longer calling incident explosions. In: khou.com. August 31, 2017, accessed August 31, 2017 .