Arkema announces the acquisition of American company Oxford Performance Materials

10-Feb-2009 - USA

As part of its strategy to further expand in performance materials, Arkema announced the acquisition of the US company Oxford Performance Materials, Inc. (OPM), maker of polyether ketone ketone ultra-high-performance technical polymers marketed under the brandname OXPEKK®, with sales of the order of $ 2 M.

“Arkema has had a long-standing interest in ultra-high-performance polymers that offer outstanding technical differentiation, opening up the way for major innovations for our customers “, said Thierry Le Hénaff, Arkema Chairman and CEO. “ We are delighted to welcome OPM’s teams within Arkema. I firmly believe that this new activity has a huge growth potential. ”

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