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	Topics Solvay (company) Topic Home Solvay is a BelgianFacts About Belgium The Kingdom of Belgium is a country in northwest Europe bordered by the Netherlands, Germany, Luxembourg and France and is... chemical and pharmaceutical company. It was founded in 1863 by Ernest SolvayErnest Solvay Ernest Solvay was a Belgian chemist, industrialist and philanthropist.... to produce sodium carbonateFacts About Sodium carbonate Sodium carbonate, , is a sodium salt of carbonic acid.... by the solvay processSolvay process The Solvay process, also referred to as the ammonia-soda process is the major industrial process used in the productio... . Since then the company has diversified to three major sectors of activity: pharmaceuticals, chemicals and plastics. In 2007, the Group’s consolidated sales amounted to EUR 9.6 billion generated by its three activity sectors: Chemicals, Plastics and Pharmaceuticals. Solvay (NYSE Euronext: SOLB.BE - Bloomberg: SOLB.BB - Reuters: SOLBt.BR) is listed on the NYSE Euronext in Brussels. The company has more than 400 units spread over 50 countries and it employs about 30,000 people, 2,650 of them in research. Pope John Paul IIPope John Paul II Pope John Paul II , , born Karol Jzef Wojtyla reigned as Pope of the Catholic Church from October 16 1978 until his ... worked for Solvay during World War IIWorld War II World War II, or the Second World War, was a worldwide conflict fought between the Allied Powers and the Axis Powers ,... to avoid deportation to Germany. See also SolvacSolvac Overview Solvac is a Belgian holding founded in 1983, which groups the investments of the descendants of Ernest Solvay in Solvay of w... External links