14-06-2012

Solvay announced its Thai affiliate Vinythai will serve the growing Chinese epichlorohydrin market with a new production plant in Taixing, China. The plant with an initial capacity of 100,000 tons epichlorohydrin per year requires an investment of EUR 155 million and should become ...

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H2 powered industrial demonstration 1 MW Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell

09-02-2012

Solvay announced it has successfully commissioned its 1 MegaWatt (MW) industrial demonstration Fuel Cell at the SolVin plant in Lillo, Antwerp, Belgium. This Proton Exchange Membrane (PEM) Fuel Cell converts coproduced hydrogen (H2) in the plant into electricity and is now producing for weeks ...

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25-01-2012

Solvay announces the creation of Solvay Energy Services, the first concrete outcome of the integration of Solvay and Rhodia. This new business aims to optimize the energy costs and CO2 emissions both of the Group and on behalf of third parties.Solvay Energy Services will make use of the ...

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On-site fluorine production for flat panel display and silicon thin film photovoltaic industries to cut greenhouse gas emissions and increase productivity

19-01-2012

Solvay and Air Liquide announced they have entered into an agreement to form a worldwide fluorine gas business joint venture. It will build, own and operate modular on-site fluorine cleaning gas units for the flat panel display and silicon thin film photovoltaic industries and thus offer ...

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19-01-2012

The Board of Directors of Solvay SA announced that upon proposal of Christian Jourquin, Solvay's CEO, his mandates as Chairman of the Executive Committee and as member of the Board of Directors will end on 10 May 2012.As announced previously, Jean-Pierre Clamadieu, Deputy CEO of Solvay, will ...

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11-11-2011

Solvay announced it has decided to co-finance the creation of eSpheres, a spin-out company which will offer outsourcing services powered by SAP® software and provide a fully integrated suite of Health Safety, Environment (HSE) and Sustainability information management solutions and consulting ...

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02-11-2011

The Board of Directors of Solvay S.A. announced the following appointment for 2012 as chairman of the Board of Directors of Solvay. Aloïs Michielsen, who will reach the age of 70 in January 2012, leaves the Board of Directors of Solvay S.A. and the chairmanship, on 8 May 2012, at the occasion ...

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New world-class HP plant is serving mainly as dedicated raw material source for propylene oxide production

11-10-2011

Solvay announced that MTP HPJV (Thailand) Ltd, its hydrogen peroxide joint venture with The Dow Chemical Company (Dow), has successfully commissioned the largest hydrogen peroxide (HP) plant in the world. The production process of the new plant in Map Ta Phut, Thailand, is based on Solvay's ...

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02-09-2011

Solvay and Rhodia announced the success of Solvay's tender offer on Rhodia for EUR 31.6 per share and American Depositary Share or ADS (equivalent in USD) and EUR 52.32 (after adjustment) per bond convertible into and / or exchangeable into new or existing shares (OCEANE).The French financial ...

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01-08-2011

Solvay announced that it has the intention to create a 50/50 joint venture with Sadara Chemical Company (itself a planned joint venture of Saudi Arabian Oil Company (Saudi Aramco) and The Dow Chemical Company (Dow)) for the construction and operation of a Hydrogen Peroxide Plant in Jubail ...

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