February 10, 2010Solvay will build a very large fuel cell at SolVin’s Antwerp plant. Solvay announces today it will invest over EUR 5 million in the construction of a test fuel cell with a total electric power of 1 megawatt (MW) at the SolVin plant in Lillo, Antwerp, Belgium. The investment is part of the Project Hydrogen Region Flanders - South Netherlands.
January 26, 2010World Water Day 2010. Water management is a key issue for mankind. Hundreds of millions of people do not have access to drinking water and billions have no real sewage system. Drinking water and waste water pipes are core applications for PVC. Milions tons of PVC pipes are installed every year all over the world, being the most used plastic pipes due to their durability, lightness, easiness and cheapness for being installed and having low maintenance.