Ten years of Sino-French collaboration

On February 16, Bluestar Silicones celebrated ten years within the Chinese group Bluestar, subsidiary of ChemChina. Created in 2007, following the acquisition of Rhodia Silicones by China National Bluestar Corporation (ChemChina subsidiary), Bluestar Silicones is one of the main producer of silicones worldwide. The Bluestar Group’s subsidiary is completely integrated within the whole silicone value chain, from quartz to silicon up to specialty silicones for such as medical, energy and transportation.

In ten years, this Sino-French collaboration, has successfully energized this silicon activity, driven by high growth and very demanding markets in terms of investments in the industry, research and development, or operational excellence. The French expertise brought its technology and knowledge on specialty activities, the Chinese expertise its capacity, long term industrial vision and global growth strategy in China as well as traditional Bluestar Silicones locations, such as Europe. It has been reinforced in 2011 by an upstream integration and industrial synergies with the arrival of Elkem, global leader in silicon.

In practical terms, tens of million euros have been invested every year in the industrial facilities, especially in France and China, qualified jobs have been created and preserved, and the research and development has been strengthened. Through its two French subsidiaries, Adisseo and Bluestar Silicones, the Bluestar Group employs directly almost 2000 people in France, half of them in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region.