Prix Solvay SA (SLVYY)

Solvay SA engages in the manufacture and distribution of chemical and plastic products. The company is headquartered in Brussels, Bruxelles-Capitale and currently employs 8,669 full-time employees. The company went IPO on 2012-01-23. The firm is predominantly engaged and focuses on providing chemical products and intermediates. The company principally presents its services to customers in a broad range of consumer and industrial end-markets. Its portfolio concentrates on operating through five main divisions: Soda Ash and Derivatives, Peroxides, Silica, Special Chem and Coatis. The company offers customer-proximate regional locations as well as competitive cost curve positioning due to the vertical integration in its main businesses, process technology and product know-how. The company mainly has a balanced global footprint with 12 R&I centers' as well as 45 industrial sites in 41 countries across the world.