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Strategy - Sectors approach

The Solvay group operates in two Sectors of activity: Chemicals and Plastics.

SECTORS_CHEMICALS

Chemicals Sector
Weather the Storm, Looking Ahead
 
Sales 2008: EUR 238 million
REBIT* 2008: EUR 345 million
8 966 employees

4 clusters
Minerals
Soda ash and derivatives (bicarbonate)
Advanced Functional Minerals
Electrochemistry, fluorinated products
Electrochemicals and derivatives (caustic soda, epichlorohydrin)
Fluorinated products
Oxygen
Hydrogen peroxide
Persalts
Organic (Molecular Solutions)

 
Strategic priorities
Intensifying our geographic expansion
Pursuing technological innovation
Growth in specialties (mainly bicarbonate and fluorinated and organic specialties)
Competitiveness

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SECTORS_PLASTICS

Plastics Sector
Robust and Ready 

Sales 2008: EUR 3.7 billion
REBIT 2008: EUR 264 million
8 816 employees

2 clusters
Specialties
Specialty Polymers (high and ultra-high performance polymers like fluorinated Polymers, elastomers and fluids, barrier materials, polyarylamides, polysulfones, high performance polyamides, liquid crystal polymers)
Inergy Automotive Systems (50/50 joint venture with Plastic Omnium)
Vinyls
Vinyls (integrated electrolysis chain, VCM (monomer), PVC (polymer) and PVC compounds)
Pipelife (50/50 joint venture with Wienerberger)

Strategic priorities
• Permanently reinforcing the robustness of our businesses;
• Focusing on:
– society’s fundamental, long-term needs;
– specifi c attractive growth regions;
• Accelerating growth by taking advantage of opportunities
linked to materials sciences;
• Keeping innovation and R&D as absolute priorities.

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*REBIT/sales 
 

 

 


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