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