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Rhodia, member of the Solvay group, is a specialty chemical company resolutely committed to sustainable development.

A balanced geographic presence
A balanced geographic presence

Rhodia, member of the Solvay group, is a specialty chemical company resolutely committed to sustainable development. As a leader in its businesses, the Group aims to improve its customers’ performance through the pursuit of operational excellence and its ability to innovate.

Structured around 11 Global Business Units, Rhodia is the partner of major players in the automotive, electronics, flavors and fragrances, health, personal and home care markets, consumer goods and industrial markets. Rhodia employs around 14 250 people worldwide and generated sales of €6.17 billion in 2011.

Solvay

Solvay has three manufacturing sites in the UK - at Oldbury in the West Midlands, supporting our worldwide leadership position in phosphorus derivatives used in the industry and processing markets, Halifax in Yorkshire, which produces a broad range of products for health, personal and home care as well as the industrial and processing markets and Warrington, Cheshire.

Solvay has three manufacturing sites in the UK - at Oldbury in the West Midlands, supporting our worldwide leadership position in phosphorus derivatives used in the industry and processing markets, Halifax in Yorkshire, which produces a broad range of products for health, personal and home care as well as the industrial and processing markets and Warrington, Cheshire.

We focus on providing innovative products manufactured safely and with minimum impact on the environment, together with the highest quality of service to meet our customers' requirements.

The Oldbury and Halifax Sites are part of the Novecare business, and were previously managed under the Rhodia name.  Solvay acquired Rhodia in 2011, and from January 2013 UK operations began to be managed under the Solvay brand. 

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