About CECA, specialty chemicals

CECA in brief.

CECA is a subsidiary of the ARKEMA group and brings together 1000 talents who design, build and commercialise speciality chemicals.

Discover CECA speciality chemicals actor.

Our strategy ? Profitable speciality chemicals.

Our promise ? Our client’s satisfaction and the quality of our products. CECA solutions bring together optimised products and services in order to create added value.

With over 80  years of history, CECA continues its global expansion through its 18 production sites.

80 years of Innovation and Shared Success - launch the movie

Arkema subsidiary and Business Unit CECA is a top-tier global producer of specialty chemicals.

CECA’s constant focus is enhancing the performance of leading operators in the oil and gas, petrochemical, pharmaceutical, highway engineering, building and construction industries by leveraging its expertise to develop adsorbents, intermediates and additives.
 

CECA’s capabilities in seven major areas have earned it a worldwide reputation in the specialty chemical segment. Its flexibility, efficiency and responsiveness make it the preferred partner for industry majors.

Asphalt Additives for Highway Engineering

Drawing on its long and widely recognized experience in road construction techniques, CECA’s range of asphalt additives delivers the best performance in the market.Bonding agents, emulsifiers and process additives ensure long-term protection and consistency of the bond between asphalt and granulate.

Additives for the Oil and Gas Industry - Oilfield chemicals.

Fifty years of experience in the field have made CECA a top-tier player in the industry, offering custom solutions to leading oil and gas companies, including products such as corrosion inhibitors, demulsifiers, paraffin inhibitors, biocides, bactericides, antifoam agents, oxygen scavengers and flocculants.

Filter Aids and Filtering Solutions

CECA is one of the world’s leading producers of diatomite and perlite-based filter aids.

Diatomite is a fossil mineral that CECA produces from its own mines. CECA supplies natural, calcined and flux-calcined diatomite that eliminate particles from liquids to the highest standards of efficiency.
CECA also processes perlite, a volcanic rock that is an excellent filter aid when expanded by heating and finely crushed.
 

Activated Carbons with Remarkable Adsorption Properties

CECA markets one of the widest ranges of activated carbons in the market, offering remarkable adsorption properties. These products are supplied to the agrifood, chemical and pharmaceutical industries and are also used to treat natural gas.

CECA High-Performance Specialty Phosphors

The specialty phosphors team has acquired leading-edge expertise in developing sodium and nickel hypophosphites for the nickel-plating industry, ultrapure acids for the electronics, building and yachting markets, marketed under the Strimix® brand name, and also for the textile industry.

Molecular Sieves with Properties and Know-How That Have Made CECA a World Leader

CECA’s teams have used their know-how to develop a range of synthetic zeolites SILIPORITE with remarkable properties in terms of absorption, selectiveness and long life. CECA’s R&D programs have made it a leading player in this segment.

Custom Specialty Surfactants

Specialty surfactants are tailor-made to meet customer applications requirements. A broad array of cationic, anionic, nonionic and amphoteric surfactants, developed by CECA’s researchers, offers solutions for the detergent, polymer additive and other industries.

With operations in many countries, CECA has a strong global industrial base, as well as two research centers in France, in Lacq (GRL) and the Rhone-Alpes region (CRRA), to support innovation by customers.