Arkema SA
A French maker of specialty materials used invisibly in everyday products, Arkema supplies adhesives, coatings, and high-performance polymers like Kynar and Pebax that end up in paints, packaging, aircraft, and diapers. It was carved out of oil giant Total's chemicals branch in 2004 and listed on its own in 2006. Its roots reach back to an 1850 company started by five Philadelphia Quakers, and its invented name isn't an acronym—it was chosen simply to signal a fresh start.
American Depositary Receipt (ADR) representing ordinary shares of Arkema SA, trading OTC in the United States