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Solvay (company)

Solvay SA

	Public
Founded	1863
Headquarters	Brussels, Belgium
Key people	Aloïs Michielsen (Chairman of the board), Christian Jourquin (Chairman of the Executive Committee)
Industry	Chemicals
Products	Pharmaceuticals, chemicals and plastics
Revenue	€8.562 billion (2005)
Employees	28,730
Website	http://www.solvay.com/

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Solvay is a Belgian chemical and pharmaceutical company. It was founded in 1863 by Ernest Solvay to produce sodium carbonate by the solvay process. Since then the company has diversified to three major sectors of activity: pharmaceuticals, chemicals and plastics.

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Solvay, which operates in pharmaceuticals, chemicals and plastics, generated EUR 8.6 billion of sales in 2005 from more than 400 units spread over 50 countries. The company employs about 30,000 people, 2,650 of them in research.

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