FR PRODUCTS ARKEMA GROUP INVESTOR RELATIONS CAREERS Homepage Innovation Research organization Collaborative research INNOVATION Innovative Chemistry Vision of R&D VP Lightweight materials and design Bio-based products New energies Water management Electronics solutions Home efficiency and insulation Research organization Incubator Research centers Collaborative research Awards Intellectual property Smart House by Arkema Innovating for sustainable construction July 19 Durable hydrophilic water filtration membranes granted a new certification Press release Collaborative research Engaged in an open innovation initiative, Arkema is involved in many scientific and industrial partnerships, and networks on 60 collaborative projects, 40% of which are European projects. As the cornerstone of the Group’s R&D, France holds a decisive place in this regard. Open Innovation To develop the technologies of the future and invent new products, Arkema innovates in direct contact with its ecosystem, in an open and connected manner. This collaborative and visionary policy is called Open Innovation. Always on the look-out for scientific expertise, the Group’s researchers call upon the top skills of: Colleges and universities, Laboratories and public bodies, Large industrial groups and SMEs as part of national or European research programs. Arkema is currently involved in many public-private research projects in France, Europe-wide, and in the United States. Alongside these industrial and scientific partnerships, the Group has developed a local networking initiative in some regions of France, in particular through competitiveness clusters. Synergies of competences with the world of academia The Group fosters many wide-ranging collaborations with the world of academia, in France and internationally. Japan Yamagata University Collaboration between Arkema and the University of Yamagata began in 2008. Yamagata is one of Japan’s leading universities: it comprises six faculties and an international R&D centre specialising in organic electronics. As part of the Yamagata University internship program, Arkema welcomes students to its R&D centers in France and in Japan (Kyoto Technical Center). "Our research focuses on the use of piezoelectric polymers in printed electronics. The polymer’s formulation and the type of ink are decisive for component performance and printing processes. We formed a partnership with Arkema to take advantage of their expertise in such materials. We’re optimizing the structure and weight of the molecules and the composition and purity of the materials." Professor Shizuo Tokito, Director, Flexible Organic Electronics Laboratory, Yamagata University China Donghua University (Shanghai), Zhejiang University (Hangzhou, Zhejiang province). The universities of Donghua and Zhejiang are particularly renowned in the field of polymer synthesis and physical chemistry. Set up as collaboration contracts, university partnerships add a further scientific dimension to the Group's R&D. These partnerships include a technical programme (followed up by a committee comprising researchers of Changshu R&D center and university personnel), a confidentiality clause, and an agreement on the publication, as the case may be, of part of the results. South Korea Hanyang University (Seoul) "The laboratory that Arkema recently opened at Hanyang University brings the company closer to its customers in Asia. Our university benefits in many ways: internships for our students, expertise shared with our research faculty, technology transfers and marketing jointly developed materials. We’re partnering to develop thermoplastics for wind turbine blades and automotive and aerospace parts." Sung Kyu Ha, Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Hanyang University Arkema partner to Ludwik Leibler, European Inventor of the Year 2015 A member of the French Académie des Sciences, researcher with the French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) and associate professor ESPCI ParisTech school of industrial physics and chemistry, Ludwik Leibler has been working with Arkema for more than 20 years on new materials development and applications. He is the inventor of vitrimer, a plastic that is heat-formable like glass and pliable like rubber at room temperatures. This revolutionary polymer won him the European Inventor Award 2015 in the “Research” category. Our Europe-wide industrial partnerships COSMOS Started in March 2015, COSMOS aims to reduce the dependence of Europe’s oleochemical industry on imported plant oils by turning camelina and crambe into profitable, sustainable, multipurpose, non-GMO European oil crops. > Read the press release "The Center for Renewable Energy Sources (CRES) is conducting open-grown field trials of camelina and crambe in Greece, in addition to trials at agricultural universities in the Netherlands, Italy and Poland, to cover the diversity of European geoclimatic conditions. We’re analyzing crop growth, yields and quality. We’re sharing our data with Arkema to confirm potential uses in green chemical production. Leveraging our interrelated expertise, we’re starting to put together the entire value chain for the two oilseed crops." Christou Myrsini, Center for Renewable Energy Sources (CRES), a Greek public research organization and partner of the COSMOS project Carena The medium- and long-term objectives of the Carena projects are the creation of new, less reactive raw materials, in order to replace oil in the chemical industry, and a reduction of the environmental impact of the activities of the chemical industry. Consens Launched in February 2015, european consortium Consens involves sustainable and flexible production of high quality chemical products. > Read the press release Our public-private collaborative R&D projects Arkema also consolidates its application expertise through industrial partnerships. The Group is involved in some fifty public-private collaborative R&D projects. Twelve of these projects are led alongside: The French National Research Agency (ANR), The French Environment and Energy Management Agency (ADEME), The Bpifrance (public company providing financing aid for innovative projects). 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