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and using it without limits, the pilot
will come close to perpetual fl ight.
Zero fuel. Zero emissions.
Zero pollution.
Since the project was born in
2003, Solvay has recognized in
Solar Impulse the values that have
sustained the Group over the past
nearly 150 years: a pioneering spirit,
the human dimension, environmental
awareness, innovation, in a word
the fi rm belief that chemistry and life
sciences are an important part of the
solution to the challenges that rise in
front of us. These values have also
been recognized by the European
Commission, which in April 2008
made Solar Impulse a symbol of its
ambitious energy policy.
As the fi rst main partner 1 of Solar
Impulse since 2004, Solvay is
supporting the project fi nancially.
It is also playing a very active role by
making available its skills in
(i) developing and producing
innovative materials and
technological solutions,
(ii) technical evaluation and testing of
the same, and
(iii) forecasting and simulating their
behaviour in extreme environments.
Today Solvay is contributing over
6 000 parts of every size, from nuts
and bolts to the cockpit and certain
battery elements, to Solar Impulse,
which has become a veritable
airborne laboratory.
Solar Impulse is a real innovation
driver for the Group!
Our Strategy
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Solvay Global Annual Report 2008
Our Strategy