Arkema France's Jarrie Site Reorganization for Hydrogen Peroxide Sustainability
Key Ideas
- Arkema presented a project to reorganize its Jarrie site, focusing on hydrogen peroxide sustainability amidst salt supply challenges.
- The project involves shutting down certain activities, leading to the loss of 154 jobs, but aims to secure the site's future in key sectors.
- Affected employees will receive support through redeployment plans, with job cuts expected to occur between mid-2025 and end of 2025.
- The Jarrie site will retain its hydrogen peroxide, chlorate, and perchlorate activities, with growth potential in recycling, electronics, and aerospace sectors.
Arkema France has unveiled a project to reorganize the activities at its Jarrie site, emphasizing the sustainability of hydrogen peroxide production. The site has faced challenges since the cessation of salt supply by Vencorex, leading to a need for alternative industrial solutions to maintain operations. While studying various alternatives, Arkema identified a salt solution that ensures sustainability for certain units but requires the shutdown of chlorine, soda, methyl chloride, and technical fluids production activities, resulting in 154 job losses. A redeployment plan will be implemented to support affected employees, with job cuts scheduled for mid-2025 to end of 2025. The reorganization aims to secure the future of the site by focusing on hydrogen peroxide, chlorate, and perchlorate activities, intending to align with industry demands such as electric vehicle battery recycling and aerospace applications.
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Chemical Industry
Industrial Solutions
Job Cuts
Reorganization
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