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• Arkema finalized the divestment of its Vinyl Products segment

  Arkema finalized its project for the divestment of its Vinyl Products activities to the Klesch group announced in November 2011, and so continues to refocus its business on specialty chemicals.The activities concerned by the project have been grouped within a new company called KEM ONE. Headquartere more

• Versatile solvent-free method for functionalising carbon nanotubes

  Carbon nanotubes can be functionalised on a large scale more cleanly and efficiently than before, improving their commercial viability for engineering, catalysis and bionanotechnology. Milo Shaffer and colleagues have exploited existing surface oxide defects present in most carbon nanotubes to atta more

• Arkema sells its Vinyl Compounding activity in Vanzaghello, Italy, to Industrie Generali spa

  As part of the recentering of its vinyl compound production activities, Arkema announces the sale of its Vanzaghello industrial site activity, just outside Milan, to the Italian company Industrie Generali spa. "This divestment falls in line with Arkema’s drive to refocus its vinyl compound range on more