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On November 15, Arkema inaugurated a new Global Center of Excellence for 3D Printing at its Cerdato Research & Development Center in Serquigny, France. This new center is dedicated to additive manufacturing based on high-performance polymers.

The MMA two project comprises 13 partners from six different countries representing all stages of the PMMA value chain, aims to develop a new and innovative process to recycle post-industrial and end-of-life PMMA waste into second generation MMA (methyl methacrylate) monomer. As a partner in this European project, Arkema's Scientific Director Jean-Luc Dubois chairs the project's Advisory Committee.

Arkema Malaysia Thiochemicals and the Monash University Malaysia (MUM) in Kuala Lumpur have signed a research partnership over 3 years of collaboration during which time researchers will be able to make their resources available to the local teams of the company. The goal: to develop more efficient biocatalysts for the company's Thiochemicals business.

With the creation of a new commercial platform dedicated to 3D printing, Arkema aims to address the needs of the demanding and innovative 3D printing markets.

Barrday and Arkema have created a joint venture to manufacture and market carbon fiber and specialty polymer tapes for the growing oil and gas industrial market.

Bostik announced that it completed the acquisition of the industrial adhesives business of Nitta Gelatin Inc. by the Bostik-Nitta joint-venture in Japan.

The expansion will take place at the firm’s Mont site in France and is aimed at increasing the global production capacity by more than 50 %. The move has been undertaken to meet the strong worldwide demand in ultra-high performing powders for industrial applications, in particular in the coatings, composite and 3D printing markets.

Arkema has announced a partnership with Xenia Materials to produce carbon fiber composite compounds based on Kynar PVDF with elastic modulus of up to 15,000 MPa.

Arkema plans to increase its capacity of polyamide 12 polymers by 25 %. The product, commercialized under the trademark Rilsamid, is used for processes such as extrusion, injection, and blow-moulding.