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 "licence": "CC BY 4.0",
 "licence_url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
 "cite_as": "Nozzle4, https://nozzle4.com/data/",
 "note": "Compiled by Nozzle4 from the sources linked on each row. The facts belong to their sources; the compilation is licensed CC BY 4.0, so use it with a credit and a link.",
 "slug": "arkema",
 "name": "Arkema",
 "status": "listed",
 "status_label": "Listed",
 "segment": "Materials and powders",
 "page": "https://nozzle4.com/companies/arkema/",
 "listing": {
  "exchange": "EURONEXT",
  "ticker": "AKE",
  "tradingview_symbol": "EURONEXT:AKE"
 },
 "headquarters": "Colombes, France",
 "founded": 2004,
 "ownership": "Listed on Euronext Paris (AKE)",
 "technologies": [
  "UV photopolymers",
  "PEKK",
  "polyamide 11",
  "N3xtDimension"
 ],
 "description": "A chemicals group with three routes into 3D printing: Sartomer UV-curable resins, Kepstan PEKK for high-temperature parts, and Rilsan polyamide 11 powders. It has bought small resin specialists to fill gaps rather than building them.",
 "last_checked": "2026-10-23",
 "timeline": [
  {
   "date": "Jul 2011",
   "title": "Buys Sartomer, a pioneer in engineered resins for UV-curable additive manufacturing, with Cray Valley from Total",
   "detail": null,
   "source": "https://www.arkema.com/global/en/arkema-group/profile/history/"
  },
  {
   "date": "Mar 2018",
   "title": "Partners with Hexcel on thermoplastic composites built on Arkema PEKK expertise",
   "detail": null,
   "source": "https://www.arkema.com/global/en/arkema-group/profile/history/"
  },
  {
   "date": "Jul 2018",
   "title": "Plans a 3D Printing Center of Excellence at its Sartomer site in Exton, Pennsylvania",
   "detail": null,
   "source": "https://www.arkema.com/global/en/arkema-group/profile/history/"
  },
  {
   "date": "Mar 2019",
   "title": "Starts its first PEKK production plant in the United States, in Mobile, Alabama, serving 3D printing demand",
   "detail": null,
   "source": "https://www.arkema.com/global/en/arkema-group/profile/history/"
  },
  {
   "date": "Jul 2019",
   "title": "Buys Lambson, whose photoinitiators complement the Sartomer resin range",
   "detail": null,
   "source": "https://www.arkema.com/global/en/arkema-group/profile/history/"
  },
  {
   "date": "Dec 2020",
   "title": "Acquires Colorado Photopolymer Solutions, a maker of formulated photopolymer resins for 3D printing",
   "detail": null,
   "source": "https://www.arkema.com/global/en/arkema-group/profile/history/"
  },
  {
   "date": "Jun 2021",
   "title": "Takes a stake in ERPRO 3D Factory, a specialist in large-series additive manufacturing",
   "detail": null,
   "source": "https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20210607005772/en/Arkema-Invests-in-ERPRO-3D-FACTORY-a-Specialist-in-Large-Series-Additive-Manufacturing"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026",
   "title": "Names 3D printing as one of the few growth areas in its second-quarter results, with Sartomer sales up strongly",
   "detail": "The same report notes new PA11 and Rilsan Clear capacity in Singapore.",
   "source": "https://3druck.com/en/industry-2/arkema-3d-printing-ranks-among-the-few-growth-areas-in-the-second-quarter-of-2026-50161384/"
  }
 ]
}