| Part of the international Solvay Group, Solvay Plastics focuses on plastics materials and their applications that 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.
Headquartered in Brussels, Belgium, Solvay Plastics has production units in four continents:
· Asia: China, India, Thailand
· North-America: USA
· South-America: Argentina and Brazil
· Europe: France, Germany, Italy, Russia, Belgium,
Spain, Poland, Romania…
Its activities are grouped in 3 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 ranges of engineering polymers, high performance polymers and ultra polymers.
Pipelife: this joint venture between Solvay Plastics and Wienerberger is one of Europe’s leading suppliers of plastic pipe systems, currently present in 28 countries.
Solvay Plastics: a portfolio of global leaders
| Main products |
Europe |
World |
| Fluorinated polymers |
1 |
3 |
| Other specialty¨polymers |
Amongst the world leaders |
| Vinyls |
2 |
3 |
| Pipelife (tube & fittings) |
Leader in its markets |
Solvay Plastics - business performance 2006-2008
| Key figures (EUR million) |
2007 |
2008 |
2009 |
| Sales |
3950 |
3695 |
2982 |
| REBIT |
441 |
264 |
73 |
| REBITDA |
636 |
458 |
285 |
| Deprectiation |
195 |
201 |
212 |
| Capital expenditure |
334 |
393 |
254 |
| R&D |
87 |
79 |
78 |
| Employees |
8977 |
8816 |
8402 |
Sales Breakdown 2009: EUR 2 982 million
By customer segment
- Construction and architecture
- Automobile industry
- Electricity and electronics
- Water and environment
- Packaging
- Consumer goods
- Chemical industry
- Human health
- Other industries |
34%
20%
10%
10%
8%
5%
3%
3%
7% |
|
By cluster and SBU
| Specialties |
42% |
 |
| - Specialty Polymers |
27% |
| - Inergy Automotive Systems (sold in 2010) |
15% |
| Vinyls cluster |
58% |
| - Vinyls |
46% |
| - Pipelife (pipes and fittings) |
12% |
By geographic area
| Europe |
60% |
 |
| - European Union (27) |
56% |
| - Other European countries |
4% |
| The Americas |
25% |
| - Nafta |
12% |
| - Mercosur |
13% |
| Asia-Pacific |
13% |
| Rest of the world |
2% |
