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<strong>Solvay</strong> Global Annual Report 2007<br />
Key figures [EUR million]<br />
2005 2006 2007<br />
Sales 2 270 2 601 2 591<br />
REBIT 302 451 457<br />
REBITDA 376 554 559<br />
Capital expenditure 1 346 201 73<br />
R&D 351 424 415<br />
Headcount * 10 004 10 088 9 178<br />
* Full-time equivalents at January 1 of the following year.<br />
Sales breakdown 2007:<br />
EUR 2 591 million<br />
By therapeutic field<br />
Cardiometabolics<br />
728<br />
Neuroscience<br />
439<br />
Flu vaccines<br />
159<br />
Pancreatic enzymes<br />
191<br />
Gastroenterology<br />
294<br />
By geographic area<br />
Women’s and men’s<br />
health<br />
599<br />
Others<br />
181<br />
g Europe 45 %<br />
36 % European Union (27)<br />
9 % Other European countries<br />
g The Americas 42 %<br />
40 % Nafta<br />
2 % Mercosur<br />
g Asia-Pacific 9 %<br />
g Rest of the world 4 %<br />
R&D expenditure 2007 :<br />
EUR 415 million<br />
By therapeutic field<br />
Cardiometabolics<br />
33 %<br />
Neuroscience<br />
39 %<br />
Flu vaccines<br />
5 %<br />
Pancreatic enzymes<br />
8 %<br />
Gastroenterology<br />
1 %<br />
Women’s and men’s<br />
health<br />
14 %<br />
599<br />
8 %<br />
5 %<br />
294<br />
42 %<br />
1 %<br />
9 %<br />
181<br />
191<br />
14 %<br />
4 %<br />
159<br />
39 %<br />
728<br />
439<br />
45 %<br />
33 %<br />
Kim Jonker<br />
Chemical analyst<br />
stable<br />
in sales<br />
<strong>+1</strong>%<br />
in operating results