| Solutia Inc. is a global manufacturer and marketer of a variety of chemical and engineered materials that are used in a range of consumer and industrial applications. The Company maintains a global infrastructure consisting of 25 manufacturing facilities, six technical centers and over 29 sales offices globally, including 14 facilities in the United States. The Company's segments are Saflex, CPFilms and Technical Specialties. During the year ended December 31, 2008, the Company discontinued its Integrated Nylon segment. As of December 31, 2008, the Company had ceased the production of a range of rubber chemicals at its facility in Ruabon, Wales, United Kingdom (the Ruabon Facility), including SANTOGARD pre-vulcanization inhibitors, PERKACIT DPG, which is used as a secondary accelerator in the rubber vulcanization process, and FLECTOL TMQ and FLECTOL HPG, which protects against oxidative aging. |
