ARKEMA COMPLETES ISCC PLUS CERTIFICATION FOR ALL ACRYLIC MONOMER FACILITIES WORLDWIDE

BAYPORT, Texas, July 29, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Arkema, a leader in specialty materials, has earned ISCC PLUS certification for acrylic monomers at all of its production sites worldwide, including Carling, France; Clear Lake, Texas (US); Taixing, China; and Bayport, Texas⁽¹⁾ (US). These certifications are part of the company's global Mass Balance⁽²⁾ offer roadmap. With a globally certified acrylic monomer network, Arkema can support easy, fast and cost-effective lower product carbon footprint projects from customers across the acrylic value chain – with end user solutions in coatings, adhesives, new mobility, building efficiency, living comfort, engineered polymers, leather, textiles, hygiene and water treatment. 

"Arkema is among the first providers to offer local supply of bio-attributed acrylic monomers, using a Mass Balance⁽²⁾ approach, at a truly global scale," said Hervé Castres Saint Martin, Group President for Acrylic Monomers at Arkema. "By focusing on certification for acrylic monomers at this scale, we are setting the stage for strategic product carbon footprint reduction initiatives through Arkema's bio-attributed acrylic resins and additives and across the industry acrylics value chain. Our Mass Balance approach will help create economies of scale for more renewable and recycled raw materials."

These certifications are a key step in the progressive introduction of a global and complete range of bio-attributed⁽³⁾ specialty resins and additives, including high solids, waterborne, UV-LED-EB, and polyester powder materials across many different industries.

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(1) American Acryl LP, 50-50 joint venture with Nippon Shokubai.

(2) The mass balance traceability chain is a method used to track the flow of materials through a production system. and attribute the inputs of a production process, to outputs of that production process through certified bookkeeping. This distinct accounting method verifies that the certified feedstock has replaced an equivalent quantity of fossil raw materials at the beginning of the supply chain and can be attributed to the product-to-be-sold, ensuring that both input and output are balanced. [Source ISCC]

(3) A bio-attributed content indicates that the use of a biobased or recycled feedstock has been ascribed using a mass-balance methodology. The bio-attributed content is the % breakdown based on the ISCC+ methodology calculation. [Source Arkema]

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 more 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 2024, 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 2024 and operates in some 55 countries with 21,150 employees worldwide.

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