Rhodia, member of the Solvay group, is a specialty chemical company resolutely committed to sustainable development. As a leader in its businesses, the Group aims to improve its customers’ performance through the pursuit of operational excellence and its ability to innovate.

Structured around 11 Global Business Units, Rhodia is the partner of major players in the automotive, electronics, flavors and fragrances, health, personal and home care markets, consumer goods and industrial markets. Rhodia employs around 14 250 people worldwide and generated sales of €6.17 billion in 2011.

Rhodia began commercial operations in Italy in the 1950s, expanding rapidly through strategic acquisitions.

The Ospiate site was built in 1963, when Geronazzo Prodotti per la Seta, a silk chemicals company, moved out of Milan. After the facility was built, industrial activities started to expand, beginning with the construction, in 1979, of the first extholylation plant using innovative technology.

A second ethoxylation plant was later built and, currently, the plant produces surfactants and specialty chemicals for the agrochemical, polymerization, industrial and cosmetics sectors.

The Livorno site has existed ever since 1935 becoming the exclusive property of Rhodia, through progressive acquisitions, in 1991. Today, the plant produces amorphous silica mostly for the tire market.

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