Pharmaceuticals Sector - Solvay

Highlights
January 2005
Solvay fi nalizes
the sale to BP of its
interests in the BP
Solvay Polyethylene
joint ventures,
concluding a series
of transactions
initiated by Solvay
and BP in 2000.
April 2005
Solvay Solexis begins
marketing its new grade of
TECNOFLON ®
perfl uorinated elastomers,
created by a brand-new
polymerization technology
able to generate products
with unequalled properties.
October 2005
Solvay Pharma
launches its project
to integrate Fournier
Pharma and create
the future « Solvay
Pharmaceuticals ».
February 2005
The Rigid Plastic Foils activity,
comprising the two Italian plants
at Monfalcone and Fucine, is sold
to Ineos.
Vinythaï
decides to integrate upstream
in the PVM and VCM (vinyl
chloride monomer) chain by doubling
chlorine and ethylene dichloride
production capacity at its Map
Ta Phut plant (Thailand).
July 2005
Solvay agrees to sell its entire Industrial
Foils activities – development,
production and marketing of plastic fi lms
and foils – to Renolit AG (Germany).
Solvay concludes its major
stategic acquisition of
100%
of Fournier Pharma.
November 2005
Solvay and Chemical Products
Corporation (CPC) of the USA create a
joint venture for their technical-grade
barium and
strontium
carbonate
activities.
March 2005
Solvay and
Fournier
Pharma’s
shareholders
sign agreement
for Solvay’s
acquisition of
100% of
Fournier Pharma.
May 2005
Solvay Solexis
announces two major capacity
expansions for ALGOFLON ® and
HYFLON ® fl uorinated polymers
at Spinetta Marengo (Italy).
Solvay announces creation of a
joint venture in China to produce
ultra-pure hydrogen peroxide.
August 2005
Solvay Organics GmbH successfully
concludes its public offer for chemical
specialties company Girindus AG,
operating out of Bensberg, Germany,
with a site at Cincinnati, Ohio (USA),
and creates a new
“Molecular Solutions”
Strategic Business Unit.
2005 Highlights
June 2005
Solvay announces
plant at Onsan
(South Korea) to
produce inorganic
fl uorinated
specialties for
high-growth
markets.
September 2005
Solvay creates a Technical Centre at
Shanghai,
China, in response to growing
demand from Chinese customers
for Specialty Polymers (Solvay
High Performance Materials R&D
(Shanghai) Co., Ltd).
December 2005
Solvay and Gharda (India) sign an
agreement for Solvay to acquire
Gharda’s plastics division, providing
access to very high performance
PEEK polymers and
additional polysulfone capacity.
Solvay signs partnership
agreement with BASF and Dow
for production of hydrogen
peroxide to supply propylene
oxide production at Antwerp
(Belgium).
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