Solvay S.A.
Belgian chemical company
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Solvay S.A. is a business[1]. Solvay S.A. ranks in the top 3% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,413 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Country: Belgium[3]
- Instance of: public company[4], multinational corporation[5]
- Founder: Ernest Solvay[6], Alfred Solvay[7]
- Headquarters location: Brussels[8]
- Chief executive officer: Q141742942[9]
- Child organization or unit: Solvay (Italy)[10], Solvay (China)[11], Solvay (Netherlands)[12], Solvay (United States)[13], Deutsche Solvay-Werke[14]
- Part of: BEL20[15]
- Commons category: Solvay (company)[16]
- Stock exchange: Euronext Brussels[17]
- Industry: chemical industry[18], manufacture of other inorganic basic chemicals[19]
- Archives at: Departmental archives of Bouches-du-Rhône[20]
- Chairperson: Nicolas Boël[21]
- Inception: December 26, 1863[22]
- Official website: https://www.solvay.com/en[23]
- Employees: 9000[24], 8190[25], 9105[26], 8905[27], 23,663[28], 21,606[29], 22,047[30]
- Legal form: Public limited company (Belgium)[31]
- Owner of: Rhodia[32], Nepakris[33], Groupe Fournier[34], Cytec Industries[35]
- Total equity: 1,082,000,000 euro[36], 1,305,000,000 euro[37], 1,404,000,000 euro[38], 7,304,000,000 euro[39], 8,851,000,000 euro[40], 10,664,000,000 euro[41]
- Total revenue: 7,109,000,000 euro[42], 8,109,000,000 euro[43], 12,435,000,000 euro[44], 9,938,000,000 euro[45], 10,213,000,000 euro[46], 10,578,000,000 euro[47], 10,884,000,000 euro[48], 10,125,000,000 euro[49], 10,257,000,000 euro[50], 10,244,000,000 euro[51], 8,965,000,000 euro[52], 10,105,000,000 euro[53], 13,426,000,000 euro[54]
- Market capitalization: 2,838,000,000 euro[55], 2,912,000,000 euro[56], 3,255,000,000 euro[57], 9,994,000,000 euro[58], 10,592,000,000 euro[59], 9,812,000,000 euro[60]
- Net profit: 1,777,000,000 euro[61], 247,000,000 euro[62], 584,000,000 euro[63], 270,000,000 euro[64], 80,000,000 euro[65], 406,000,000 euro[66]
Why It Matters
Solvay S.A. has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[67] Solvay S.A. is known by 17 alternative names across languages and contexts.[68]