Solvay: History of a Multinational Family Firm

Kenneth Bertrams,Nicolas Coupain,Ernst Homburg (Universiteit Maastricht, Netherlands)

Solvay: History of a Multinational Family Firm
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Country
United Kingdom
Published
21 August 2014
Pages
650
ISBN
9781107436930

Solvay: History of a Multinational Family Firm

Kenneth Bertrams,Nicolas Coupain,Ernst Homburg (Universiteit Maastricht, Netherlands)

Ernest Solvay, philanthropist and organizer of the world-famous Solvay conferences on physics, discovered a profitable way of making soda ash in 1861. Together with a handful of associates, he laid the foundations of the Solvay company, which successfully branched out into other chemicals, plastics and pharmaceuticals. Since its emergence in 1863, Solvay has maintained world leadership in the production of soda ash. This is the first scholarly book on the history of the Solvay company, which was one of the earliest chemical multinationals and today is among the world’s twenty largest chemical companies. It is also one of the largest companies in the field to preserve its family character. The authors analyze the company’s 150-year history (1863-2013) from economic, political and social perspectives, showing the enormous impact geopolitical events had on the company and the recent consequences of global competition.

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