Keyword: Solvay

Chemistry & Life Sciences

The Chemicals Economy at Halftime in 2012

25.09.2012 - Market Overview - With the euro crisis biting ever harder, the US economy still staggering under a formidable debt burden and even the Chinese growth engine sputtering, the chief...

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Solvay Increases Specialty Polymers Production Capacity by 70% in India

18.09.2012 - Solvay announced today a capacity increase of 70% at its Panoli plant, India, for the production of its high performance polymers KetaSpire polyetheretherketone (PEEK) and AvaSpire...

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Solvay doubles production capacity for specialty fluorinated derivatives in France

06.09.2012 - Solvay is doubling the production capacity for specialty fluorinated aliphatic derivatives at its plant in Salindres, France, to keep up with the growing demand in strategic...

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Solvay to Supply Bolloré Group with Lithium Salt for LMP Batteries

30.08.2012 - Solvay announced today that its Global Business Unit Aroma Performance will supply two Bolloré Group affiliates, Batscap and BatHium Canada, with specialty Lithium Salt grades...

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Solvay Offsets PVC Problems and Performs Well in Second Quarter

27.07.2012 - Belgian chemicals and plastics group Solvay reiterated its full-year forecast as its high growth divisions and cost cuts offset tough conditions in its PVC operations. Solvay's net...

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Solvay Starts Production of Specialty Polymers Compounds in China

18.07.2012 - Solvay announced that its specialty polymers compounding plant located in Changshu, province of Jiangsu in China, has started to serve the local growing demand for specialty...

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Solar Power

17.07.2012 - Solar Impulse, the first airplane designed to fly day and night without requiring fuel and without producing carbon emissions, again demonstrated the potential held by new...

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A Catalyst for Change?

12.06.2012 - On May 11, 2012 Jean-Pierre Clamadieu succeeded Christian Jourquin as CEO of the Solvay group, since the consolidation of Rhodia in last year's third quarter one of Europe's...