Solvay Silica

Cologne, GERMANY February 10, 2015 – Solvay Silica is unveiling Efficium® a breakthrough Highly Dispersible Silica (HDS) , an innovative reinforcing filler which allows for higher productivity and greater flexibility in producing green passenger car and truck tire compounds. View more and related images

Lyon, May 22, 2013 ---At a ceremony held todayin Włocławek, Poland in the presence of, theBelgian Ambassador to Poland,the mayor ofWłocławek and other local dignitaries, Solvay officially broke ground for the construction of a new state-of-the art facility that will produce Highly Dispersible Silica (HDS). View more and related images

Brussels, February 13th, 2013 --- Solvay today announced it will invest €75 million to build a new 85,000 ton per year Highly Dispersible Silica (HDS) plant in Włocławek, Poland. Combined with a further capacity expansion at its site in Qingdao (China), these two investments will increase Solvay’s global highly dispersible silica production capacity by an additional 30%. View more and related images

Solvay inaugurated today during an official ribbon-cutting ceremony at its Collonges-au-Mont-d’Or site in France its highly dispersible silica capacity production expansion and its modernized R&D facility. This investment follows a similar volume expansion last year in the US and the start-up in 2010 of a new plant in China. These three investments required in total EUR 74 million. View more and related images

Lyon, FRANCE – February 16, 2012:– Impending EU tire label legislation due to come into effect on November 1, 2012 provides opportunities for tire manufacturers to differentiate their product offering to further improve fuel efficiency, wet grip and external rolling noise for passenger cars, and light and heavy commercial vehicles. View more and related images