Keyword: Solvay

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Recipharm Appoints Chief Strategy Officer

08.06.2015 - Recipharm has appointed Jean-François Hilaire to the new position of Chief Strategy Officer with effect from June 1, 2015. Hilaire is a pharmacist and graduated from the University...

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Solvay Completes Sale of Refrigerants to Daikin

12.05.2015 - Closing a transaction announced in late January, Solvay has completed the sale of its German-based refrigerant activities and pharma propellants to Daikin of Japan. The sale, which...

Chemistry & Life Sciences

Reinventing Sustainable Value Creation

06.05.2015 - In the last several years, we have witnessed global trends that are changing the way global chemical companies operate. These trends include a consolidation of suppliers...

Chemistry & Life Sciences

Together for Sustainability

29.04.2015 - Sustainability is not a new topic for the global chemical industry, which has a long-standing track record of putting such principles into practice. Along with creating clearly...

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Solvay Building Korean Plant for Tire-grade Silica

28.04.2015 - Solvay has broken ground at Gunsan, South Korea, for a Highly Dispersible Silica (HDS) plant that it says will develop innovative HDS grades and address growing demand in Asia for...

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Solvay Creates Business Unit for Specialty Chemicals

02.04.2015 - Solvay has established a new global business unit (GBU) for rare earths, specialty chemicals and fluorine. The fluorine business was formerly part of Solvay's aroma performance GBU...

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Solvay Expands US Peroxides Production

27.03.2015 - Growing demand for hydrogen peroxide has prompted Solvay to announce a capacity expansion at its facility in Longview, Washington, US. Production is expected to rise by about 20%...

Markets & Companies

Chemical Players Expect Gains on Cheap Oil and Euro

13.03.2015 - The worldwide chemicals economy withstood the strong headwinds battering the industry again in 2014. Financial results reported by companies in Europe and North America showed a...