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Plastics Sector - Construction and architecture

In the diversified Construction and Architecture market, Solvay has a long record of engineering innovation.  It offers a wide range of resins and products that are designed to provide excellent performance under severe conditions as well as being visually attractive.  Solvay plastics are performance materials for technical building challenges, insulation, plumbing and novel architectural design.

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Construction elements
With more than half a century of experience in construction materials, Solvay products are extensively used for architectural membranes, profiles and elements, and facings.  Solvay's Rigid PVC compounds are widely used to make construction elements such as sidings, windows, door frames and shutter profiles.  For indoor work, too, PVC profiles are widely used for glazing verandas, glazing frames and bench slats for interior furnishing and decoration.

Architectural membranes
Stretched flexible glass cloth membranes or polyester fabric structures coated with plastics made of emulsion PVC provide dimensionally stable structures that offer desirable light transmission properties and weather resistance for large area coverings.  They are an innovative answer for projects such as sports stadiums and pools, tented villages and markets, which offer particular challenges to architects.

Plumbing
Cost efficiency and performance have become progressively important in modern plumbing systems.  Solvay plastics play an increasing role as replacements for traditional materials across a range of plumbing applications.

Weather protection
Solvay film coatings are used to improve the weather and UV resistance of house sidings in sunny countries as well as to protect metal facings in unfavourable environmental or climatic conditions.  They ensure the durability, colour and gloss retention of metal roofs, which require no further painting maintenance for 30 years.

The excellent weathering properties of PVDF coatings make them ideal for solar panels.


 

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 SOLVAY PRODUCTS 

arrow_navigation.gif ACUDEL® - modified PPSU  
arrow_navigation.gif ALGOFLON® - PTFE  
arrow_navigation.gif AMODEL® - PPA  
arrow_navigation.gif BENVIC® - PVC  
arrow_navigation.gif COGEGUM® - EVA  
arrow_navigation.gif DIOFAN® - PVDC 
arrow_navigation.gif HALAR® - ECTFE  
arrow_navigation.gif HYFLON® - PFA & MFA  
arrow_navigation.gif HYLAR® - PVDF  
arrow_navigation.gif IXEF® - PA MXD6  
arrow_navigation.gif NIDACELL®
arrow_navigation.gif PIPELIFE (JOINT VENTURE)  
arrow_navigation.gif POLIDAN® - PEX, XLPE  
arrow_navigation.gif POLIDIEMME® - ERP, EPDM  
arrow_navigation.gif RADEL® R - PPSU  
arrow_navigation.gif SOLEF® - PVDF  
arrow_navigation.gif SOLVIN® - PVC 
arrow_navigation.gif UDEL® - PSU  
arrow_navigation.gif VINYLOOP® - R-PVC 

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Date of last update 9/4/2008 

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