Advanced Materials
As a leader in markets with high entry barriers and strong returns on investment, the Advanced Materials segment is a major contributor to the Group’s performance and growth. Innovation, combined with global presence and long-term partnerships with customers, provides a compelling competitive edge to industries seeking increased energy efficiency and less polluting alternatives.
2016 net sales: €4,313 million
EBITDA: €1,110 million
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With over 1,500 products, Specialty Polymers offers the widest range of high performance polymers in the world, allowing tailor-made solutions such as pushing the limits of metal replacement in the electronics, automotive, aircraft and healthcare industries. The GBU has unparalleled expertise in three technologies: aromatic polymers, high barrier polymers and fluoropolymers.
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As a top tier supplier to the aerospace engineered materials market known for our technology leadership and the value the GBU brings to our customers: scale and technical capability, profitability in the top quartile of peers, double-digit earnings growth in previous business cycles. The GBU ambitions to become the leading supplier of value-added composite material solutions to the emerging industrial market.
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Silica focuses on highly dispersible silica (“HDS”), primarily used in fuel-efficient and performance tire. It develops innovative solutions for global tire manufacturers, as well as silica ranges for many other market segments like toothpaste, food, industrial products, and rubber articles.
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Special Chem produces fluor and rare-earth formulations for automotive, semi-conductor and lighting applications. With its industrial know-how, global presence and R&I proximity, Special Chem positions as a strategic partner for the automotive sector as a producer of materials used in emission control catalysis and aluminum brazing, and as a producer of cleaning and polishing materials for electronics.
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2016 underlying results (audited figures)