Four months after completing the acquisition of Ashland's Performance Adhesive activities, Bostik, the adhesive solutions segment of Arkema, has finalized the Integration of these activities inside its organization. This milestone signs a major step in Bostik's ability to deliver expected synergies, and growth.
The acquisition of Ashland's Performance Adhesives offers a unique opportunity to pass a threshold in our strategy to provide our clients with tailor-made, high-value, innovative adhesive solutions. Our new organization is going to help us deliver on this strategy, and actively contribute to Arkema's ambition to become a pure specialty materials player. All the teams are really excited about the many opportunities this is going to generate.
With one of the world's most complete offers on pressure sensitive adhesives as well as market leading positions In structural adhesives and flexible lamination, this new organisation is going to unlock significant opportunities to develop Innovative and more sustainable solutions with customers and with the Arkema Group's other businesses, while helping globalize activities on some key markets.