Arkema has doubled production capacity at its Sant Celoni Crayvallac® rheology modifiers manufacturing site. This capacity increase is aligned with the Group’s strategy to address increasing customer demand for coatings, adhesives and sealants, driven by growing performance requirements across multiple industries including sustainable building, news energies and datacenter operations.
This strategic expansion is part of our continued efforts to support market needs and strengthen our leadership as a specialty bio-based materials provider in strategic markets. Demand for rheology modifiers is currently growing in every region globally. We are investing now so our coatings and adhesives customers can keep pace with demand and remain competitive.”
CRAYVALLAC® additives enable coating manufacturers to transition away from VOCs and solvents through high-solid content formulations, most notably in transportation and energy applications. In adhesives and sealant applications, these products improve energy efficiency by reducing heating needs and support lightweight transportation/green energy by replacing heavier mechanical fasteners. They are also available in multiple bio-based grades made from castor oil (ranging from 80% to 100%(1)).
(1) A bio-based product is wholly or partly derived from biomass. The bio-based content is the percentage breakdown based on a carbon ratio (EN16640). Bio-based products here come from castor oil.