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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 2005-2007

 Key Figures (EUR million)

 2005

 2006

 2007

Sales

 3507

 3800

 3950

REBIT

 389

 409

 441

REBITDA

 565

 595

 636

Capital expenditure

 293

 367

 334

R&D

 79

 88

 87

Employees*

 8474

 8889

 8977

 

 

 

 



*Full-time equivalents at January 1 of the following year



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Solvay Plastics - sales breakdown 2007

By cluster and SBU
- Specialties
   28 % Specialty Polymers
   16 % Inergy Automotive Systems
- Vinyls cluster
    45 % Vinyls
    11 % Pipelife (pipes and fittings)

 
44%
 
 
56%

 

GEOGRAPHIC-NEW

By geographic area
- Europe
    54 % European Union (27)
    4 % Other European countries
- The Americas
    17 % Nafta
    13 % Mercosur
- Asia-Pacific
- Rest of the world

 
58%
 
 
30%
 

10%
2%

 Sustainable Development
 Innovation & Partnership

 

 Solvay Group strategy

 

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Date de dernière mise à jour: 8/12/2008