THE FUTURE, - Solvay

47%
of group projects in 2008
were developed in
association with outside
partners (customers,
universities, public authorities), compared with 48% in
2007. 2009 target: 50%.
Jos Peeters
PhD in Physics at the
university of leuven
(Belgium), he has been a
forerunner in Europe in
setting up investment
funds for new industrial
technologies. He runs
Capricorn Venture Partners,
and is also President of Quest for Growth, a
member of the Supervisory Board of the Berlin
Stock Exchange and Director of Nasdaq
Europe, of which he is one of the founders.
Erkki Ormala
Vice President,
Technology and Trade
Policy of Finnish group
Nokia since 1999, this
doctor of Helsinki
university of Technology
has taken on many
responsibilities in developing
his country’s scientific policy. The author of
over 50 scientific publications, he has chaired
several working groups on innovation policy
in Europe.
Anna Karaoglou
A doctor of Medicine, she
taught at the Catholic
university of louvain
(Belgium) before joining the
European Commission in
1989 as a member of the
‘Europe against Cancer’ Task
Force. As Deputy Head of unit
at DG Research, she has concerned herself
with Health policy and then Research. For the
past two years she has coordinated for DG
Research the European Institute of Innovation
and Technology.
character, perseverance and solidarity should
enable us to detect and seize opportunities
beyond the immediate problems we face and
which we need of course to resolve.
SL – Is Innovation at Solvay affected
by the Group’s commitments to
sustainable development?
JvR – Innovation is certainly a vehicle for ad-
90%
of executive staff were
involved in the
innovation process in
2008 by setting
themselves at least one annual innovation objective,
compared with 82% in 2007. 2009 target: 100%.
Chaired by JaCques van riJCkevorsel, the sit 2009 panel of Judges is Composed of six solvay
Judges, six outside Judges and group innovation Champion brigitte laurent.
Internal Solvay judges
Rodrigo Elizondo
After graduating in
Chemistry from the
Monterrey Institute of
Technology in Mexico, he
joined Solvay in 1992 in
Mexico as Marketing
Manager. He then went on to
hold various positions in sales
and marketing in the united States. In
Germany since 2002, he is Head of Business
Operations for Solvay & CPC Barium
Strontium within SBu AFM.
Prakash Trivedi
Educated at the
university Institute of
Chemical Technology in
Mumbai (India) and the
university of Akron
(Ohio, uSA), he worked
for several companies
before joining Gardha
Chemicals in India. He has patented many
polymers, crowned by international
awards. He is world famous for his
knowledge of plastics.
Philippe Warny
A graduate in Chemistry
from the ulB university
(Belgium), he has since
1980 held various
management posts in
Solvay, at Rosignano (Italy),
Torrelavega (Spain), DCRT
and SBu Soda Ash. He is
today Executive Vice President and General
Manager of the Energy Competence Centre.
dressing the challenges of sustainable development:
devising processes that consume
less energy and produce fewer pollutants,
developing and launching products that
contribute to the well-being of people or of
the planet... Examples of ‘Solvay-grown’ solutions
include raw materials of natural origin,
modern electrolysis technologies, improved
productivity of industrial processes,
0.6
the average score for innovative
ideas per person in 2008
compared with 0.5 in 2007.
2009 target: an average of one
accepted idea per person per year.
Peggy Watson
With a degree in in HR
management and an
MBA from Brenau
university (Georgia, uSA),
she joined Solvay
Pharmaceuticals in 1990,
where she oversees all HR
strategy: skills development,
leadership optimization, compensation
policy and social relations. She is currently
Vice President HR at Solvay Advanced
Polymers.
Leonid Parshenkov
After graduating in surgery
from the Moscow Medical
Academy, and with an
MBA from the university
of Antwerp School of
Management (Belgium),
he first became business
agent for a pharmaceutical
company. He then joined Solvay
Pharma Russia, running the marketing
department before taking over management
of the company.
Noël Tritz
joined Solvay in 1968 in
the Applied Research
laboratory of the Tavaux
plant (France). A trade
unionist, he became
secretary of the French
Works Council and then a
member of the European
Works Council. He considers innovation and
sustainable development as essential factors
of economic and social progress.
waste prevention / recycling, products which
allow us to build lighter structures, products
for thermal insulation, for li-ion batteries, for
the encapsulation of photovoltaic cells, for
fuel cells, haemodialysis and medical implants...
All this shows us that innovative chemistry
definitely has a role to play in addressing the
challenges of sustainable development.
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