MOSCOW (MRC) -- Solvay and Enirgi Chemicals have created a 50-50 joint venture to speed up the development and offering of sodium bicarbonate based products and solutions to reduce airborne emissions from industries in North America, reported Solvay on its site.
The new entity, SOLVAir Natural Solutions, was formed in response to growing demand for air pollution control applications, including flue gas treatments. Demand growth is driven by tightening North American regulations and consent decrees requiring coal-fired power plants and other industries to improve the air quality and limit acid gas emissions, such as sulfur dioxide and trioxide (SOx) and hydrochloric acid (HCl).
The joint venture will source sodium bicarbonate from Enirgi Chemicals and leverage Solvay know-how to further develop the market. SOLVAir Natural Solutions will enhance the security of supply of cost-efficient products and solutions, as well as high-quality services, exclusively for flue gas treatments in the United States, Canada and Mexico.
Solvay’s Soda Ash & Derivatives Global Business Unit (GBU) is well-established in designing and implementing customized and cost-efficient flue gas solutions. More than 450 industrial sites worldwide use its SOLVAir® treatment to reduce emissions below regulated levels. "This joint venture offers both the technological expertise and capacity to improve the air quality at limited investments for our customers. It fits with Solvay’s bicarbonate growth ambition in bringing innovative and sustainable solutions and products to the market," said Christophe Clemente, President of Solvay’s Soda Ash & Derivatives GBU.
As MRC wrote previously, last year, Swiss Solvay unveiled its breakthrough innovation for surface cleaning formulations. While Mirapol Surf S polymers are a well-established range of polymers for hydrophilization of surfaces such as ceramic, glass, stainless steel, Solvay launched a unique technology enabling formulators to deliver the key benefits consumers now expect for even modern plastic surfaces. With Mirapol Surf N, Solvay makes a step change in household cleaning making it effortless and longer-lasting.
Solvay Soda Ash & Derivatives is a world leader in its sector, producing soda ash serving the glass, detergent and chemical markets and developing solutions based on sodium bicarbonate and trona serving the healthcare, food, animal feed, and flue gas cleaning markets. SA&D has 11 industrial sites worldwide, more than 3,700 employees and serves 90 countries.
As an international chemical group, Solvay assists industries in finding and implementing ever more responsible and value-creating solutions. Solvay generates 90% of its net sales in activities where it is among the world's top three players. It serves many markets, varying from energy and the environment to automotive and aerospace or electricity and electronics. The group is headquartered in Brussels, employs about 26,000 people in 52 countries and generated EUR10.2 billion in net sales in 2014.
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