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Strategic Position of Solvay Plastics

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.



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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%

 

GEOGRAPHIC-NEW

By geographic area
- Europe
    56 % European Union (27)
    4 % Other European countries
- The Americas
    12 % Nafta
    14 % Mercosur
- Asia-Pacific
- Rest of the world

 
60%
 
 
26%
 

12%
2%

Specialty Polymers
 Solvay Advanced Polymers
 Solvay Padanaplast
 Solvay Solexis
Vinyls
 Dacarto Benvic
 RusVinyl
 Soligran
 Solvay Benvic
 Solvay Indupa
 SolVin
 Vinyloop
 Vinythai
Inergy Automotive System
 Inergy Automotive Systems
Pipelife
 
Pipelife

 Solvay Plastics Sustainable Development initiatives & projects
 Solvay Plastics Innovation & Partnership initiatives & projects
 Solvay group strategy

 
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