We work closely with our businesses and customers. Our work covers the whole spectrum — from exploratory work to projects in their conceptual, feasibility, developmental, and commercialization phases. In addition, a significant portion of our work is aimed at providing technical support to our businesses and to our manufacturing facilities.

Being a part of the Arkema group, a global chemical enterprise headquartered in Paris, we also work closely with Arkema’s business and technology organizations in France, including the Company’s worldwide research laboratories. To optimize their investment value, our research portfolios are managed for growth potential, quality, efficiency and speed. Research methodologies increasingly involve highthroughput techniques, such as statistical or combinatorial methods, automation, robotics, simulation, and mathematical modeling.

Innovation and growth are core strategies at Arkema, thus positioning R&D in a critical role. The Arkema Inc. Research Innovation Award, created to support this strategy, is presented annually to scientists who have made significant early-phase technical innovations that have the potential for future commercial impact.

Our R&D community is proud of our emphasis on safety, health, and the environment. We support the Company’s efforts in product stewardship, and we strive to be viewed as a good neighbor in our community. In the following pages you will see how we shape the future of our technologies, and we hope you will catch some of the anticipation and excitement associated with that activity.