Joint Units At the heart of S olvay’s R &I

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30,000

Solvay is a world leader in the chemical industry

employees 145

industrial sites 21

major R&I centers

53 countries

€ 12.4 billion of net sales

€ 2,336 million of REBITDA

Pro forma 2015 figures including Cytec (unaudited)

Founded in Belgium in 1863 by Ernest Solvay

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Research & Innovation (R&I) Solvay’s Vision for

Improve competitiveness & create new business opportunities thanks to • Customer intimacy &

market proximity • Leverage of synergies

within the Group • Innovation excellence • Eco-designed products

Our researchers worldwide partner with academia, industrials, start-ups and venture capital to develop breakthrough solutions addressing global challenges

with breakthrough innovation in the field of sustainable chemistry

Lead Solvay into new growth territories

Deliver Value

At the hearth of global innovation eco-system

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Our R&I Network enhanced by Open Innovation

21 Major R&I centers

2 350 Staff in R&I

~€360 M/y Efforts in R&I in 2015

18% New Sales ratio in 2015 (excl.Cytec)

264 Patents filed in 2015

Shanghai Lyon

Bordeaux Bristol

Singapore

Paris

Brussels

Dombasle Bollate

Vadodara

Seoul

Hannover

Freiburg

Alpharetta

Paulinia

Collaborative Innovation 4 Joint labs with top research institutions of France, China and the USA

& the French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) > 100 collaborative R&I Projects €50M invested in Venturing & Start-ups

22%

North America 58%

Europe

15% Asia

5%

Latin America

Heanor/

Anaheim Havre de Grace Greenville

Stamford

Wrexham

Multi GBU center

At the Heart of Global Innovation Ecosystems

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Located in-house : with people from Solvay, academia, PhD students/post-docs, visiting scientists, … With one global project validated subjects of Solvay interest (competences, specific projects, Core or BU-related), with a continuum from science to applications strongly committed and dedicated people

Joint Unit on organo-silicium chemistry Competence : organo-silicium based

chemistry

1980 1987 1988 1994 ... ... 1997 Joint Unit on Soft Matter

Competence : colloid science Partners : CNRS, Rhone Poulenc, CEA

Joint Unit on « Triphasic catalytic reactions » Competences : catalysis, organic chemistry

and chemical reaction engineering Partners : CNRS, Rhone Poulenc, Lyon

University

History of our Joint Units A strong partnership since 1980

Our “best” Joint Unit model identified so far

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Bristol, Pennsylvania, USA

Complex Assemblies of Soft Matter (COMPASS) Lab

Bristol, USA Bordeaux, France

Shanghai, China

Eco-Efficient Products and Processes Lab (E2P2L)

Lab of the Future (LOF)

Lyon, France Polymers Advanced Lab

At the Heart of G lobal Innovation E cosystems 4 Joint Labs with CNRS & Universities

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Strategic intent of our Joint Units

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To be the bridgeheads of Solvay towards academic / institutional collaborations and contacts in countries & zones

To attract high level researchers to develop their research activities on themes directly relevant for industry, to be an incubation place for potential young talents for Solvay as well as a training place for our researchers

To develop an original scientific activity of high skills in key & selected domains for Solvay, and to be a specific vehicle of transforming scientific knowledge into industrial applications

To contribute to the long term development of Solvay in its markets

1863 Ernest Solvay invents the Solvay process for producing soda ash

1880 Solvay is the first industrial multinational operating simultaneously in the US and Europe

1878 Solvay innovates in social welfare (paid vacations, social security, 8-hour day)

1911 & 1927 The congresses bring together the greatest physicists of their day

1950 Solvay invents the plastic bottle

2015 Solvay flies around the world with Solar Impulse

2011 Solvay acquires Rhodia

150 years of innovation and many to come

2015 2nd Chemistry for the Future Solvay Prize

1990 Solvay invents

precipitated silica for

green tires

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