Solutia breaks ground at Ghent PVB interlayers line

26 March 2007 14:33  [Source: ICIS news]

LONDON (ICIS news)--Solutia broke ground on Monday for a new manufacturing line at its Saflex polyvinyl butyral (PVB) interlayers plant in Ghent, Belgium.

The new Ghent manufacturing line will produce 3.2m wide rolls of Saflex PVB interlayers.

These specific interlayers are used primarily to make laminated glass for the European architectural market.

"The third Saflex manufacturing line at Ghent is an important step forward in our strategy to optimise our production on a global scale," said Dirk Duquet, vice president of manufacturing excellence for Saflex.

The Saflex Ghent plant employs 300 people and began operation in 1961.

Saflex manufactures PVB interlayers at Ghent, Puebla in Mexico, San Jose Dos Campos in Brazil, Springfield, Massachusetts, and Trenton, Michigan, in the US.

It also operates a PVB finishing and distribution centre in Singapore. A new plant for PVB interlayers in Suzhou, China, will begin production later this year.

By: Hilde Ovrebekk
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