Solvay is a global leader in high- performance polymer industry
	Solvay offers benefits to the membrane producers
	Solvay has manufacturing facilities for polymers for membranes
	Solvay services

 Solvay is a global leader in high- performance polymer industry

• UDEL^® PSF Polysulfone.
• RADEL^® A PES Polyethersulfone.
• RADEL^® R PPSU Polyphenylsulfone.
• SOLEF^® PVDF Polyvinylidene Fluoride.

 Solvay offers benefits to the membrane producers

Thermal and mechanical benefits:

• High fiber strength.
• Continuous use up to 150^oC for SOLEF^® PVDF
• Tg of 185^oC for UDEL^® PSU

Chemical benefits:

• Withstands the majority of membrane-cleaning methods.
• Tolerates feeds containing various contaminants.
• Excellent hydrolytic and oxidative stability.
• Readily soluble in industrial solvents used in membrane manufacturing.

Manufacturing benefits:

• Easy to process
• Reliable results
• Allow reproducible formation of good quality membranes
• Controllable pore sizes (for membranes ranging from RO to MF)
• Wide range of molecular weights available to create various solution viscosities.

Solvay Membranes. Let the benefits filter down to you, your products, and your customers.

 Solvay has manufacturing facilities for polymers for membranes

SULFONES

We have the largest production capacity worldwide for the Sulfones polymers with the following manufacturing facilities

Marietta (Ohio, USA)

• UDEL^® PSF Polysulfone
• RADEL^® A PES Polyethersulfone
• RADEL^® R PPSU Polyphenylsulfone
• Polymer Compounding

Augusta (Georgia, USA)

• Sulfone Monomer
• Polymer Compounding

Greenville (SC, USA)

• Polymer Compounding

PVDF

SOLEF^® PVDF is manufactured in Tavaux (France)

 Our services

Technical & Development

• Molding trials at Customers shops (for membrane housing, spacers, separators…)
• New products development / improvement
• Provide free samples for evaluation
• Specific test development for Customers
• Technical papers promoting applications and Customers
• Training on products
• FEA of Customers design
• Mold flow on Customers design
• Trouble shooting
• Injection molding process optimization (DOE’s)
• Processing advice and troubleshooting
• Inherent Viscosity (IV) testing of pellets
• Part failure analysis (IV, X-Ray, Microtoning)
• Inherent and intrinsic viscosity
• Other analysis on raw material
• Analysis of failed membranes 

Sales & Marketing

• Communication between all parties in the value chain
• Provide leads to our Customers
• Training on applications
• Contracts for long periods of time (up to five years)
• Value analysis with our Customers
• Price / Volume balance
• Press releases with and for our Customers
• Specific trade advertising jointly with our Customers
• Trade shows displaying Customers components and Customers names

Customer Service

• Maintain adequate level of inventory for standard grades
• Notification of shipping details and proactive delay notification
• Special Customer requirements (packaging, labeling, …)
• Forecasting for Customers

Quality

• Certifications
• Development of specification data