Atofina Chemicals, Inc. recently announced the creation of Arkema, a new global chemical company. Arkena was legally established October 1 as part of the reorganization of Total's Chemicals Branch. With Thierry Le Henaff as its chief executive officer, Arkema includes three business segments -- Vinyl Products, Industrial Chemicals and Performance Products. The new structure has sales of 5 billion euros, a workforce of 19,300 employees, 90 industrial facilities and six research centers across Europe, North America and Asia. It also boasts a solid industrial foundation with a large number of processes developed in-house, boosted by R&D; focused on customer service and application development.

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