Continuous improvement of our product range, service performance and quality is the main focus of Rhodia’s Intermediates and Solvents (ISAL) business.

With the aim of forecasting market needs and adapting its products to new uses, the ISAL business unit has a team exclusively focused on technology and development.  It is supported by Rhodia’s Paulínia Research Center  (SP) and maintains permanent contact with other international laboratories in the Group's Polyamide Enterprise.

ISAL manufactures and/or commercializes:

Intermediates	Phenol & Coproducts	Solvents
Adipic Acid	Phenol	n-Propyl Acetate
Cyclohexanol	Alphamethylstyrene	Butyl Acetate
Hexamethylenediamine (HMD)	Cumene Hydroperoxide	Ethyl Acetate
Rhodiaeco Line	Furfural	Acetone
Bicarbonate Line	Acetophenone	Diacetone Alcohol
		Hexylene Glycol
		Isopropyl Alcohol
		Methylisobutylcarbinol
		Methyl isobutyl ketone
		Rhodiasolv´s (solvents blends),
		Acetic Acid

- Rhodia's Paulínia production site produces nylon salt, which is the essential raw material for Rhodia Polyamide's other business units in Latin America: Textile Yarns, Industrial Yarns and Engineering Plastics.

These products, each day, gain a wide diversity of new uses: shoe soles, blood bags, cleaning sponges, types of flooring, napkins, paper filters, headphones and powder paint, and other uses.

New developments underway include applications with yarns, inks, plastics, adhesives, paper and leather treatment, polyurethane, synthetic resins, food additives and others.