About Solvay

Solvay SA operates as an advanced materials and specialty chemicals company. The company innovates and partners with customers worldwide in various end markets. Its products are used in planes, cars, batteries, smart and medical devices, as well as in mineral and oil and gas extraction. Its materials promote cleaner mobility, its formulations optimize the use of resources and its performance chemicals improve air and water quality. Segments Advanced Materials Advanced Materials offers high-performance materials for multiple applications primarily in the automotive, aerospace, electronics, and health markets. Specialty Polymers With approximately 1,500 products, Specialty Polymers offers the range of high performance polymers in the world, allowing tailor-made solutions, such as pushing the limits of metal replacement in the electronics, automotive, aircraft, and healthcare industries. This segment has unparalleled expertise in three technologies, such as aromatic polymers, high barrier polymers, and fluoropolymers. Composite Materials Composite Materials is a top-tier supplier to the aerospace engineered materials market known for its expertise in design materials and process engineering to deliver customer solutions that improve technology capability and simplify manufacturing. The company delivers optimal material solutions to address its customer’s demand for new high performance materials to improve durability and production. Besides the aeronautics sector, it also serves applications in wind energy, sports, sailing boats, and notably automotive. Special Chem Special Chem produces fluor and rare-earth formulations for automotive, semi-conductor, and lighting applications. With its industrial know-how, worldwide presence, and R&I proximity, Special Chem has positioned itself as a strategic partner for the automotive sector as a producer of materials used in emission control catalysis and aluminum brazing, and as a producer of cleaning and polishing materials for electronics. Silica Silica focuses on dispersible silica, used primarily in fuel efficient and performance tires. It develops solutions for global tire manufacturers, as well as Silica ranges for various other market segments, such as toothpaste, food, industrial products, and rubber articles. Advanced Formulations Advanced Formulations serves primarily the consumer goods, agro and food, and energy markets. It offers customized specialty formulations that impact surface chemistry and alter liquid behavior to optimize efficiency and yield, while minimizing environmental impact. Novecare Novecare develops and produces formulations that alter the properties of liquids. It offers solutions to the oil and gas industry using the world’s major chemicals portfolio. Novecare also provides specialty solutions for certain industrial applications, agricultural, and coatings markets. Technology Solutions Technology Solutions is a global leader in specialty mining reagents, phosphine-based chemistry, and solutions for stabilization of polymers. Its portfolio includes technologies and unrivalled technical service and applications expertise that support the company’s customers in developing tailor-made solutions, in particular for mining, where the company’s products allow customers to extract metal concentrates from complex and depleted ores. Aroma Performance Aroma Performance is the world’s major integrated producer of vanillin for the food and flavors and fragrances industries and for synthetic intermediates used in perfumery, pharmaceuticals, agrochemicals, and electronics. Performance Chemicals Performance Chemicals operates in mature and resilient markets and has major positions in chemical intermediates. It serves mainly the consumer goods and food markets. Performance Chemicals also includes the remaining business activities previously included in the Functional Polymers segment. Soda Ash & Derivatives Soda Ash & Derivatives is the world’s major producer of soda ash and sodium bicarbonate, sold primarily to the flat and container glass industries but also used in detergents, agro, and food industries. Peroxides The company is the market leader in hydrogen peroxide, both in market share and technology. Hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) is used mainly by the paper industry to bleach pulp. Its properties are also of interest to various markets, such as chemicals, food, textiles, and the environment. Coatis Coatis is a provider of glycerine-based sustainable solvents solutions and specialty phenols mainly for the Latin American market. It enjoys an undisputed market leadership position in Brazil for Phenol & Derivatives used in the production of synthetic resins employed in foundries, construction, and abrasives. Research and Innovation The company’s research and innovation efforts in 2017 were €(325) million. History Solvay S.A. was founded in 1863.