Solvay live: the International Magazine of the Solvay group It is a visiting card for the company. Each issue is built around a central feature and is intended to provide the keys to a better understanding of our company and its sectors of activity. Three issues are published each year. Solvay live 263 - February 2012 SOLVAY MOVING FORWARD Group Panorama 4 Paris Autolib drives for Solvay! Rhodia Aroma Performance: food certification Korea: technological advances for fluorinated gases 5 Campaign: what is your favorite plastic application? Russia: RusVinyl, construction moves forward Group: CICC Online 10 years already! 6 Web: using social media in total safety Thailand: a mega plant for hydrogen peroxide 7 Appointment: Nicolas Boël appointed Chairman of the Solvay Board of Directors United States: Rhodia increases silica capacity Energy: the sun on the roof in Chemical Valley VISIONS AND PERSPECTIVES Strategy 8 VinyLoop takes Solvay to a new level of sustainability 9 SolviCore: at the heart of clean energy 10 GBU Specialty Polymers: pilot in excellence 12 RBU Essential Chemicals Europe customer survey: the first results are encouraging 13 Chemicals industry: a changing world DOSSIER 14 Rhodia: in the limelight 18 Emerging countries: local presence, global success 20 Rhodia Way: the benefits of responsability 22 Interview with Gilles Auffret: the importance of the human factor 24 Solvay-Rhodia: integration on the move BETWEEN OURSELVES 26 The world needs chemistry 29 100 years of Solvay Councils: Einstein sat here
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