The Solvay vision of innovation is to achieve progress with stakeholders through dialogue and partnership.
Solar Impulse Solar Impulse is the high-profile public awareness project sponsored by Solvay to demonstrate the Group commitment to innovation and partnership and to sustainable development. Solvay Plastics is a technical partner, and brings key research and materials development for the prototype Solar aircraft.
SolviCore SolviCore, a joint venture by Umicore and Solvay in the field of fuel cells is already pre-marketing membrane-electrode assemblies for different types of batteries for portable or mobile use.
Lithium batteries for hybrid vehicles New generation lithium batteries components make use of Solvay fluorinated polymers. Compared to conventional vehicles the hybrids reduce CO2 emissions by 30%.
Low-emission, water-based, anti-corrosion paints use PVDC nanoparticles Solvay PVDC latex technology has led to the development of high-barrier, strong-adhesion, steel-coating paints, with minimal VOC emission.
Clean diesel technology Inergy Automotive Systems is developing DINOX technology for the reduction of noxious emissions from diesel-engine exhaust gaser. The DINOX System suppresses the release of fine particules and nitrogen oxides.
Ultra performance for implantable medical devices Solvay has developed Solviva ™ Biomaterials, a new family of polymers for use in implantable medical devices.
Nidacell® Based on Solvay’s comprehensive knowledge of polymer properties, processing and product performance, an original one step process for the production of honeycomb structures has been developed. Known as the Nidacell® process, it can be adapted to a large range of thermoplastics, giving plastic processors various ways of differentiating their products and the opportunity of producing the 3D materials with the benefits they were expecting.
