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Solvay expands polymers production in Panoli

Solvay Advanced Polymers announces that it has decided to expand and upgrade its polymer production facilities in Panoli, Gujarat State, India.

The planned expansion and upgrade will result in the creation of a new, world-class production unit for polyether ether ketone (PEEK) and other materials in the ultra performance segment of the specialty polymers business. The installation will be built to provide for a natural expansion of production, resulting in a step-wise increase in capacity as warranted by demand. It will come on stream in the first quarter of 2008, with a production capacity of 500 metric tons per year of KetaSpire*, the new line of PEEK products developed by Solvay Advanced Polymers.

Ultra performance polymers are polymers having an extremely high performance profile in terms of thermal, mechanical, and chemical resistance.

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The R&D center and production plant in Panoli were formerly operated by Polymers Division of Gharda Chemicals, which Solvay acquired earlier this year. The successful completion of this acquisition laid the groundwork for Solvay’s entry into the PEEK market. PEEK is a generic acronym for polyetherether ketone, a class of semi-crystalline ultra-performance thermoplastics. In parallel, the extensive research carried out at Solvay Advanced Polymers’ R&D center in Alpharetta, Georgia, USA, was finalized and resulted in a fully operational, robust, proprietary product and manufacturing technology for the new line of KetaSpire PEEK materials.

The term polymer covers a large, diverse group of molecules, including substances ranging from proteins to high-performance materials. The polymers manufactured by the Solvay Group include plastics, elastomers and fluids. A polymer is a long chain of atoms, formed through the repetition of an identical molecule - called monomer. This repetition occurs during polymerization, in which many monomer molecules link to each other.

Solvay Adavanced Polymers** has begun the production of KetaSpire PEEK, which will initially be based at its semi-commercial plant in Alpharetta, in a progressive rollout which will culminate in the launch of full commercial production in Panoli.

“The expansion of the Panoli plant and the launch of our new KetaSpire PEEK materials are instrumental in our high and ultra-performance polymers strategy,” said Vincenzo Morici, General Manager of the Specialty Polymers Strategic Business Unit, Solvay. “More importantly, our product range is escalating into the upper, most sophisticated category of the polymer performance pyramid. Solvay Advanced Polymers now produces more plastics with more performance than any other supplier in the world,” added Roger Kearns, CEO of Solvay Advanced Polymers.

“With these expansion and upgrade plans, we are successfully capitalizing on the inherent strengths of Panoli, which contributed outstanding talent to the Group, as well as a prime location at the heart of the world’s fastest-growing economies,” said Vincenzo Morici.

* KetaSpire is a semi-crystalline polymer with exceptionally high thermal, mechanical, chemical-resistance and processing performance, and is a registered trademark of Solvay.

** Solvay Adavanced Polymers, L.L.C. is a member of the Solvay Group.

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