September 24, 2007 - SOLVIN TO EXPAND PVDC LATEX PRODUCTION IN WORLD-CLASS PLANT OF TAVAUX (FRANCE)
A timely, competitive response to serve growing demand from food & pharma industry
SolVin, a joint venture of Solvay and BASF, announces today that it will build a new production line for polyvinylidene chloride (PVDC) latex at its Tavaux (France) manufacturing site. PVDC latex is a specialty barrier material used as a coating in packaging applications where the integrity of the goods is critical, especially in the food and pharmaceutical sectors.
The new production line, which will add an annual capacity of 10,000 tons, is expected to be operational by mid-2009, in response to growing demand from the dynamic PVDC market. The new production line will benefit from full upstream integration of raw materials and from the expertise of the Tavaux staff, who have developed this operation into the global reference in terms of product quality and consistency.
While continuing to supply its international clients from Tavaux, SolVin is planning to strengthen its logistics to further improve its service to the rapidly expanding Asian market. SolVin will also continue to assess opportunities to create an entirely new production site in Asia or the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) countries, pending further developments in the PVDC market.

April 30, 2007 - SOLVIN LAUNCHES A LONG-AWAITED AQUEOUS DISPERSION FOR THE PAINT INDUSTRY
A highly efficient, reliable and sustainable substitute for solvents
SolVin is launching, in the Diofan® product line, a brand-new polyvinylidene chloride aqueous dispersion grade called Diofan® P 510 for the manufacturing of anticorrosion and protective paints, at the European Coatings Show 2007 in Nuremberg (Germany). Diofan® P 510 is used in the formulation of high performance, one-pack, water-based paints which are better for both health and the environment. Thanks to its unrivalled low moisture and water permeability, coatings based on Diofan® P 510 exhibit outstanding corrosion resistance, even in the most severe environments, with overall performance equivalent to that obtained from traditional high performance solvent-based paint systems.

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