04.04.2011
- Cash-rich Belgian chemicals group Solvay is betting on emerging markets exposure and specialty chemicals with a €3.4 billion ($4.8 billion) cash bid for French group Rhodia. Monday...
04.04.2011
- Belgian chemicals and plastics maker Solvay said on Monday it will buy French chemicals company Rhodia, valuing the firm at €3.4 billion and ending a year-long hunt for a takeover...
23.02.2011
- Solvay is securing the development of its fluorinated products by acquiring a bulgarian fluorspar mine. Solvay says the mine has currently 107 employees working in the mining and...
13.01.2011
- Belgian chemicals group Solvay made a bid for Danish food ingredients and enzymes group Danisco but lost in the auction to DuPont, Denmark's Borsen newspaper reported on Wednesday...
29.09.2010
- Benelux chemicals companies Akzo Nobel, DSM and Solvay have renewed their focus on emerging markets, setting new targets to offset expected slower growth in mature markets...
07.09.2010
- Solvay announces today that it is investing $4 million in a minority stake in Polyera, a leading materials developer for the printed electronics market, based in Skokie, Illinois...
06.09.2010
- Belgian drugs, chemicals and plastics maker Solvay said on Sunday it had decided to build a new hydrogen fluoride installation for a Chinese joint venture. Solvay said it had come...
04.08.2010
- Group sales for the first half of 2010 amounted to €3,761 million. They were up by 25% compared to the first half of 2009, not including the pharmaceuticals activities; compared to...
