Solsys
A product range with a low toxicological profile, Solsys includes ketonic derivatives (acetones, alcohols, glycols, acetic derivatives (acetate) and our Rhodiasolv line, a range of products which can be tailored to customers' needs or produced as formulations with specific focus.
With considerable expertise in product development and application, Rhodia has an experienced team, exclusive laboratories, equipment and software to examine resin and polymer solubilization studies and the behavior of solvent evaporation and formulation. All these resources allow us to rapidly reproduce different types of applications in industries that use inks, varnishes, adhesives and thinners, etc.
Our products have ISO 9000 certification.
Paints & Coatings
Paints & Coating world is in continuous evolution. The demand for high technical performance and cost effectiveness has never been so evident. Another important factor is the environmental appeal that requires a jointly effort between companies that supply raw material and paint producers to deliver low environmental impact products. In order to provide best solutions, Rhodia, which aims to achieve these requirements, is mobilizing all its innovating strength.
Printing Inks
A market in continuous evolution, which has expressive annual increasing and is strongly connected to packaging market, have been presenting an important technological evolution referring to ink use way and speed, mainly for flexible packaging. Undoubtedly, other relevant factor in this market is the production of environment friendly and applied to food packaging products.
Adhesives
This market involves many Brazilian economy main sectors, as: furniture, shoes, automobiles, and have been in relevant evolution for the last years, always searching for better performance, friendly to environment and with low toxicological potential products. SOLSYS business unit has the proper technology to meet the requirements for this market, providing oxygenated solvents or systems with properties aligned with these requirements.
Export
The Brazilian exports of Intermediates and Solvents, are relevant for Rhodia Group. They have various destinations, as North America, Central America, Latin America, Asia, Europe, Middle East, and provided a turnover increasing of 50% for the last 3 years. Our ambition is to increase our turnover 10 to 20% in the next 5 years. This will be possible thanks to a union of competencies and partnerships, as: process competitive, products quality, productive capacities, innovation capacities, Rhodia’s worldwide network and partners strategically located in all continents