Solvay signs agreement to sell polypropelene compounding activity to Basell
Focusing on activities where the Group has better opportunities to create business value
Solvay announces that it has signed a Stock Purchase Agreement with Basell to sell the latter 100% of its subsidiary Solvay Engineered polymers (SEP), a supplier of polypropylene compounds. Pending relevant regulatory approval, the transaction is expected to be completed early in 2008.
SEP, which is essentially active in the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) region, has operations in Mansfield and Grand Prairie, Texas, as well as in Auburn Hills, Michigan. The company is also represented in Europe and China through sales offices. The annual sales of SEP account for less than 2% of the turnover of the Solvay group.
Solvay is committed to the development and manufacturing of specialty polymers, in a drive to offer the world's broadest range of high performance and ultra-high performance materials. However, the strategic fit of SEP's polypropylene compounding activities has become limited within Solvay's Plastics Sector because, among other reasons, the Group completed the divestiture of its polypropylene resin production in 2001.
"Over the past years, SEP has made great progress in expanding its product and application range," commented Vincenzo Morici, General Manager of the Specialty Polymers Strategic Business Unit, Solvay. "Joining Basell is now the right way forward for SEP, as it will provide the company with upstream integration into key raw materials, and access to complementary technologies and market segments. We strongly believe that Basell will reinforce the technological capabilities of SEP in the polypropylene compounding business," Morici added.
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