PARIS, FRANCE: Arkema has doubled its polyester resins capability in its Navi Mumbai facility in India. The site features a contemporary manufacturing unit and a devoted laboratory to present application development and technical support within the region.
Arkema invested within the Navi Mumbai facility in early 2019 to expand geographic protection of its excessive performance, extra sustainable, low-VOC products, and to support its customers of their development.
In order to support its customers’ growth within the area, in particular in mobility, family and industrial applications, together with automotive, home appliances, furnishings and sports activities infrastructure, Arkema is now doubling the capability of its REAFREE® powder polyester resins in its Navi Mumbai facility.
“India is a key growth marketplace for each the powder coatings industry and for Arkema,” said Neil Tariq, Global Business Director for Coating Resins.
“Arkema is the primary worldwide chief in powder coating resins to make significant investments within the area. Powder coating resins allow low waste, solvent-free and excessive sturdiness solutions, which make this technology key to the sustainable development of our customers and partners.”
Building on its distinctive set of experience in supplies science, Arkema offers a portfolio of first-class applied sciences to address ever-growing demand for new and sustainable materials.
With the ambition to become in 2024 a pure participant in Specialty Materials, the Group is structured into three complementary, resilient and extremely innovative segments devoted to Specialty Materials – Adhesive Solutions, Advanced Materials, and Coating Solutions – accounting for some 85.5% of Group gross sales in 2021, and a well-positioned and aggressive Intermediates segment.
Arkema offers cutting-edge technological options to meet the challenges of, amongst different things, new energies, entry to water, recycling, urbanization and mobility, and fosters a everlasting dialogue with all its stakeholders.
The Group reported gross sales of round €9.5 billion in 2021, and operates in some fifty five countries with 20,200 employees worldwide.