Part of the international Solvay Group, Solvay Plastics focuses on plastics materials and their applications, with the will to make the world a better place and improve the quality of life.
Solvay Plastics shares its know-how in plastics materials and competences as a reliable partner to develop innovative solutions that are sustainable on a lifecycle basis. Solvay Plastics enjoys creating a fun and rewarding workplace for its employees and partners.
Its activities are grouped in 4 units:
Vinyls: Solvay Plastics occupies a leading position on the PVC market in Europe, in the Mercosur and in South-East Asia.
Specialty Polymers: Solvay Plastics offers one of the world broadest range of engineering polymers, high performance polymers and ultra polymers.
Inergy Automotive System: this joint venture between Solvay Plastics & Plastics Omnium is the leading global Tier One supplier of complete plastic Fuel Systems, energy and fluid storage technologies
Pipelife: this joint venture between Solvay Plastics and Wienerberger is one of the world’s leading suppliers of plastic pipe systems, currently present in 28 countries.
Solvay Plastics key figures
Solvay Plastics - a portfolio of global leaders
Main products
Europe
World
Fluorinated polymers
1
3
Other Specialty polymers
amongst the world leaders
Inergy Automotive Systems (fuel systems)
1
1
Vinyls
2
3
Pipelife (tubes & Fittings)
leader in its markets
Solvay Plastics - business performance 2006-2008
Key Figures(EUR million)
2006
2007
2008
Sales
3800
3950
3695
REBIT
409
441
264
REBITDA
595
636
458
Depreciation
192
195
201
Capital expenditure
367
334
393
R&D
88
87
79
Employees*
8889
8977
8816
*Full-time equivalents at January 1 of the following year for 2006 and 2007; December 31 of the same year for 2008.
Solvay Plastics - sales breakdown 2008
By cluster and SBU - Specialties 27 % Specialty Polymers
14 % Inergy Automotive Systems
- Vinyls cluster 47 % Vinyls
12 % Pipelife (pipes and fittings)
41%
59%
By geographic area - Europe 56 % European Union (27)
4 % Other European countries
- The Americas
12 % Nafta
14 % Mercosur
- Asia-Pacific
- Rest of the world