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Arkema receives Pierre Potier 2008 Prize for its Pebax® Rnew, a high performance polymer derived from renewable resources

03 Jul 2008 - The Pierre Potier Prize, created in 2006 on the initiative of the French Ministry of the Economy, Finance and Industry, rewards every year chemical manufacturers who engage in innovation at the service of sustainable development. Arkema this year has been awarded the top prize for Pebax® Rnew, the first thermoplastic high performance elastomer with a renewable carbon content of up to 95%.
 
With its long-standing experience spanning some sixty years, Arkema today is the world leader in castor oil chemistry from which Rilsan® 11 is obtained, the only high performance polyamide entirely derived from a renewable raw material.
 
The Pebax® Rnew range of thermoplastic elastomers rewarded by the Pierre Potier 2008 Prize is directly derived from this chemistry, which is characterized by smaller fossil energy needs and fewer CO2¹ emissions. Accordingly, Pebax® Rnew naturally fits in with the eco-design approach adopted by a large number of industrial sectors, e.g. electronics, medical, sports and automotive, for their high added value products.