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Chemicals<br />

Sales: EUR 3.1 billion – REBIT: EUR 238 million<br />

8 966 employees<br />

4 clusters<br />

Minerals<br />

• Soda ash and specialties (bicarbonate);<br />

• Advanced Functional Minerals.<br />

Electrochemistry, fl uorinated products<br />

• Electrochemistry and derivatives<br />

(caustic soda, epichlorohydrin);<br />

• Fluorinated products.<br />

Oxygen<br />

• Hydrogen peroxide;<br />

• Persalts.<br />

Organic (Molecular Solutions)<br />

Strategic priorities<br />

• Intensifying our geographic expansion;<br />

• Pursuing technological innovation;<br />

• Growth in specialties (mainly bicarbonate and<br />

fl uorinated and organic specialities);<br />

• Competitiveness.<br />

Technological Innovation Platforms<br />

Russia/CIS<br />

• Major industrial project in vinyls<br />

(RusVinyl)<br />

• Inergy to start up in Russia soon<br />

Rest of world<br />

• Acquisition of Alexandria Sodium<br />

Carbonate Company in Egypt<br />

Plastics<br />

Sales: EUR 3.7 billion – REBIT: EUR 264 million<br />

8 816 employees<br />

2 clusters<br />

Specialties<br />

• Specialty Polymers (high and ultra-high performance<br />

polymers like fl uorinated Polymers, elastomers and fl uids,<br />

barrier materials, polyarylamides, polysulfones,<br />

high performance polyamides, liquid crystal polymers);<br />

• Inergy Automotive Systems (50/50 joint venture<br />

with Plastic Omnium).<br />

Vinyls<br />

• Vinyls (integrated electrolysis chain, VCM (monomer),<br />

PVC (polymer) and PVC compounds);<br />

• Pipelife (50/50 joint venture with Wienerberger).<br />

Strategic priorities<br />

• Permanently reinforcing the robustness of our businesses;<br />

• Focusing on:<br />

– society’s fundamental, long-term needs;<br />

– specifi c attractive growth regions;<br />

• Accelerating growth by taking advantage of opportunities<br />

linked to materials sciences;<br />

• Keeping innovation and R&D as absolute priorities.<br />

Asia<br />

• Thailand: vinyls capacity extension<br />

and investments in Chemistry<br />

(epichlorohydrin (EPICEROL ® ),<br />

hydrogen peroxide (HPPO))<br />

• India: start-up of PEEK unit<br />

(Specialty Polymers)<br />

• China: start-up of Specialty Polymers<br />

plant (POLYMIST ® ) and Inergy plant<br />

• South Korea: production<br />

unit under construction for F1EC<br />

(fl uorinated specialty)<br />

Strategic Positions of <strong>Solvay</strong><br />

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<strong>Solvay</strong> Global Annual Report 2008<br />

Strategic<br />

Positions of <strong>Solvay</strong>

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