Arkema S.A. is a specialty chemicals and advanced materials company headquartered in Colombes, near Paris, France. Created in 2004, when French oil major Total restructured its chemicals business, Arkema was introduced at the Paris stock exchange in May 2006. With a turnover of 8.7 billion €, Arkema has 20,500 employees in more than 55 countries, 13 research centers worldwide, and a total of 144 production plants in Europe, North America and Asia and the rest of the world. Arkema is organized into three business segments: Coating Solutions, Industrial Chemicals, and Performance Products.