Arkema has earned ISCC PLUS certification for acrylic monomers at all its production sites worldwide, including Carling, France; Clear Lake, Texas; Taixing, China; and Bayport, Texas (the American Acryl LP, 50-50 joint venture with Nippon Shokubai). These certifications are part of the company’s global Mass Balance 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 and adhesives, among others.

"Arkema is among the first providers to offer local supply of bio-attributed acrylic monomers, using a mass balance approach, at a truly global scale. 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," said Hervé Castres Saint Martin, group president for Acrylic Monomers at Arkema.

These certifications are a key step in the progressive introduction of a global and complete range of bio-attributed specialty resins and additives, including high solids, waterborne, UV-LED-EB, and polyester powder materials across many different industries. According to Arkema, 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 percent breakdown based on the ISCC+ methodology calculation.  

For more information, visit Arkema’s website on mass balance.