This achievement enables Arkema to offer bio-attributed energy-curable solutions from its UV-LED-EB resin production facilities worldwide.
Arkema has secured ISCC PLUS certification for its specialty (meth)acrylate oligomers and monomers production sites in Chatham (United States).
The newly certified Chatham site joins other certified locations in China and France, forming a global network of facilities producing Sartomer® solutions. These solutions are utilised in a broad range of applications, including performance coatings, adhesives, electronics, green mobility and living comfort.
“ISCC PLUS is an important certification for our industry, and we can now offer customers worldwide access to our bio-attributed UV-LED-EB oligomers and monomers. This achievement also expands our network of certified facilities in support of diverse industries and technologies, helping companies across the value chain to reach their objectives of carbon footprint reduction,” has stated Stephanie Montag, Regional President at Sartomer® Americas.
Arkema's Sartomer® bio-attributed range contributes to reducing product carbon footprints while enhancing the company’s established bio-based portfolio, which includes oligomers and monomers with up to 85% biobased content. Certain products also bear the USDA Certified Biobased Product label, as part of the USDA BioPreferred® Programme.
The ISCC PLUS certification of these products reinforces Arkema Coating Solutions' certifications worldwide. Arkema’s strategy aims to progressively introduce a comprehensive range of bio-attributed specialty resins and additives, including high solids, waterborne, UV-LED-EB, and polyester powder materials.
Mass balance is a methodology that allows manufacturers to track certified materials along the value chain, attributing inputs of a production process to its outputs through certified bookkeeping. This accounting method verifies that certified feedstock has replaced an equivalent quantity of fossil raw materials at the beginning of the supply chain, ensuring both input and output are balanced.
Bio-attributed content refers to the use of biobased feedstock, which is tracked using mass-balance methodology. The bio-attributed content is calculated based on the ISCC PLUS methodology, distinguishing it from materials whose biobased content is verified using the radiocarbon method.