Solvay: new state-of-the-art silica plant in Poland

At a ceremony held on May 22 in Włocławek (Poland) in the presence of, the Belgian Ambassador to Poland, the mayor of Włocławek and other local dignitaries, Solvay officially broke ground for the construction of a new state-of-the art facility that will produce Highly Dispersible Silica (HDS).
The new plant represents a 75-million euro investment that will create more than 50 new jobs and expand the company's HDS capacity by 85,000 tons per year.
Located in central Poland, close to key energy distribution and the recently completed Warsaw-Gdansk highway, the new facility built on a plot of 8 hectares will offer local logistical supply benefits to Solvay's customers in Eastern Europe and Russia.
The site at which the new plant will be located is a designated special economic zone (SEZ) and will be integrated within the industrial complex of Anwil, a subsidiary of the Polish refining and energy company PKN Orlen Capital Group, one of Central Europe's largest refiners of crude oil.