Solvay is an international Chemical and Pharmaceutical Group successfully implementing a strategy of sustainable and profitable growth.

Fact and figures 2008

Sales: EUR 9.5 billion
Operating result: EUR 1 billion
Net earnings: EUR 0.4 billion
Balance sheet: EUR 12.3 billion
Employing more than 29 000 people worldwide
Present in 50 countries on every continent
With 400 sales and production facilities
95% of sales made outside Belgium about 50% outside the European Union
Stable or rising dividends for the past 27 years
Operates in three Sectors: Pharmaceuticals, Chemicals and Plastics
Listed on NYSE Euronext-Brussels