About Arkema

Founded in 2004, Arkema is a leading company in specialty chemicals offering the most extensive range of high-performance polymer additives, headquartered in France. Arkema’s products improve metal release, enhance processability, and maintain high clarity in polylactic acid, provide good impact resistance, high clarity, and crease-whitening resistance. Arkema deploys eco-design and circular economy development techniques, taking into account the use of their products by customers and the use of manufactured products by end consumers. Arkema’s product portfolio consists of additives like hardeners, impact modifiers, catalysts, rheology modifiers, vulcanizing agents, antioxidants, blowing agents, and monomers like acrylates/methacrylates, polyols, and diols.

Luperox® NeatCure® S51A E

Luperox® NeatCure® S51A E by Arkema is an organic peroxide crosslinking agent. It is a dust-free granular formulation, specifically developed for the crosslinking of synthetic rubbers and polymers. It allows fast curing, resulting in higher productivity during continuous curing processes such as extrusion, salt bath curing, or continuous vulcanization lines.<br> <ul style="padding-left: 40px;"> <li>It also provides shorter molding times in press molding and injection molding applications. </li> <li>It offers versatile application across a wide range of elastomers and polymers. </li> <li>It demonstrates responsible innovation, combining safer handling, improved productivity, and regulatory compliance to support sustainability and efficiency goals. </li> <li>It is used in automotive components, wire & cable insulation, industrial goods, and molded rubber products. </li></ul>

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Durastrength® 4000

Durastrength® 4000 by Arkema is a multifunctional, acrylic-based impact modifier. It imparts excellent impact properties to rigid PVC products and offers outstanding processability. It offers faster fusion than alternative non-acrylic impact modifiers without the need for additional processing aids. <br> <ul style="padding-left: 40px;"><li>It exhibits great impact resistance, and low melt viscosity. </li> <li>It provides good stability, smooth processing and high output rates in vinyl formulations. </li> <li>It offers sustainable performance with a reduced carbon footprint of up to 35% compared to traditional acrylic additives. </li> <li>It uses patented technology to reduce the ratio of fossil materials and lowers energy consumption in production processes.</li> <li>It can be used in place of CPE impact modifiers while maintaining the processing advantages of traditional acrylic impact modifiers.</li> <li>Substrate applications utilizing Durastrength® 4000 maintain important mechanical properties for final PVC product performance.</li> <li>It is recommended for rigid siding, ribbed pipe, fence and deck substrate.</li></ul>

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Clearstrength® XT100

Clearstrength® XT100 by Arkema is a high performance toughening agent designed for thermosetting resins. It is methylmethacrylate-butadiene-styrene (MBS) core-shell optomized for (meth)acrylics, epoxies, and polyesters. <br> <ul style="padding-left: 40px;"> <li>It has low viscosity and excellent processability at low temperatures, enabling energy savings and broad compatibility with a wide range of monomers. </li> <li>It is easily dispersible in most liquid resin systems at very low shear rates and exhibits a limited impact on their viscosity.</li> <li>It yields superior toughness and shear adhesion strength in high Tg epoxy (Tg>200°C) than standard MBS powder.</li> <li>Clearstrength® XT100 can be advantageously used to replace standard core/shell modifier powders but also liquid masterbatches of pre-dispersed core/shell particles.</li></ul>

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