Keyword: Solvay

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Solvay Inaugurates Thai Sodium Bicarbonate Unit

16.09.2015 - In Thailand, Solvay has inaugurated what it says is Southeast Asia's largest sodium bicarbonate production facility. The €20 million plant built at the Belgian chemical group’s...

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Nicolas Cudré-Mauroux Joins Solvay as Head of Research & Innovation

07.09.2015 - Solvay has appointed Nicolas Cudré-Mauroux as group research & innovation general manager. He joins Solvay from DuPont where he began his international career in 1988 as a...

Markets & Companies

Global Chemicals Markets Still Volatile and Challenging

04.09.2015 - Around the globe, market conditions for chemical industry players remained volatile and challenging, corporate chieftains said unanimously in reporting on the second quarter and...

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INOVYN “Remedy” Carve-Out now Part of ICIG

04.08.2015 - International Chemical Investors Group (ICIG) has completed its acquisition of the chlorvinyls assets divested by new European PVC market leader INOVYN. The new PVC joint venture...

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EU Approves French State Aid to Kem One

04.08.2015 - As the European PVC production sector goes through a spell of “shape-shifting,” the prospects for France’s ailing Kem One are looking up. Following the merger of the Solvay and...

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Solvay Building H202 Plant in Italy, Maybe in Russia

03.08.2015 - The Special Chem global business unit of Belgian chemical group Solvay has joined forces with an unnamed partner – described as “one of the world’s leading electronics producers” –...

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Solvay to Take Cytec for $5.5 Billion Cash

31.07.2015 - With its agreement to acquire all shares of US-based Cytec for $5.5 billion in cash, unanimously recommended by both companies’ boards, Solvay is moving with full force into the...

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Solvay Starts Fluoroelastomers Plant in China

29.07.2015 - As part of the ongoing strategic expansion of its site at Changshu in China’s Jiangsu Province Solvay Specialty Polymers has started up a new fluoroelastomers (FKM) plant. The...