ICIS Innovation Awards: Arkema, winner in the Best Product Innovation category

ICIS Innovation Awards: Arkema, winner in the Best Product Innovation category

CECA, the Specialty Chemicals subsidiary of Arkema, has been designated winner of the ICIS Innovation Awards 2009, Best Product Innovation category, for its CECABASE® RT additives for “greener roads”. Additionally, the jury awarded the prize for best overall innovation to this project from ... more

CECA expands its activities in the filtration sector with the acquisition of Winkelmann Mineraria

CECA, Arkema’s Specialty Chemicals business unit, has announced the acquisition of the Italian company Winkelmann Mineraria. This company’s main activity is expanded perlite manufacture for the agro-food market, and its annual sales are of the order of € 6 M. "This acquisition enables us t ... more

Kao Chemicals Europe signs agreement to sell part of fatty amine derivatives business in Europe to CECA

Kao Chemicals Europe, S.L. has signed an agreement to sell its quaternized dialkyl-amines used in the manufacture of organophilic clays business in Europe to CECA, an Arkema subsidiary. “This transaction of quaternized dialkyl-amines, used in the manufacture of organophilic clays, is part ... more

CECA

CECA, a subsidiary of the ARKEMA Group, is a world player in Specialty Chemicals. CECA constantly strives to improve its customers’ performance by creating and developing adsorbents, chemical intermediates, and additives. CECA operates an extensive network of industrial facilities in Europe ... more

BioAmber Wins ICIS Innovation Award for Best Business Innovation

BioAmber, Inc. has been awarded a 2011 ICIS Innovation Award, winning the Best Business Innovation category for the development and commercialization of its biobased succinic acid platform.  BioAmber joins an elite group of past winners that includes Huntsman in 2010 and DSM in 2009.BioAmbe ... more

ICIS Chemical Business Reveals Top 100 Chemical Companies

ICIS Chemical Business magazine has revealed the ICIS Top 100 Chemical Companies, sponsored by global logistics provider Damco, with rankings based on 2009 sales. "The global chemical industry was hit hard in 2009 as the financial and economic crisis slammed confidence and business froze i ... more

ICIS extends presence in Russian market through MRC joint venture

ICIS is extending its presence in the Russian plastics market through a joint venture with specialist Former Soviet Union (FSU) based benchmark price provider Market Report Company Group (MRC), the two companies announced. “The Russian polymers market is growing at an extraordinary speed a ... more