Cr ation au Japon de Solvay/
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Solvay Automotive, a leader in HDPE fuel tanks with some BFr 20bn in turnover in 1997, is putting a foothold in Japan, where carmakers are becoming interested in plastic tanks instead of metallic ones. To start expanding progressively through the Asian market and reinforce its position as a supplier to the Japanese and South Korean car industries, the company has set up a new 100% subsidiary based in Japan, Solvay Automotive Asia KK. Solvay Automotive is part of the Belgian chemical and pharmaceutical group, Solvay.
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Sets up Solvay Automotive Asia in Japan to reinforce position as supplier to Japanese and South Korean car industries
Publication Name: Echo (Belgium)
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0776-409X
Year: 1998
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CropDesign na t
Article Abstract:
BFr 180mn have been invested into a unit which will work at improving the quality of a number of plants and their resistance to diseases. The investment should be doubled in 1999. The new unit was set up in the Ghent University's science park, in Belgium. The unit houses CropDesign, a new biotechnology firm dedicated to the agricultural sector. Atlas, Sofinnova and the Flemish investment company GIMV rank among the main shareholders. The unit has a staff of some 30.
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New biotechnology firm dedicated to agricultural sector
Publication Name: Echo (Belgium)
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0776-409X
Year: 1998
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