The authors analyze Solvay's 150-year history, showing the enormous impact geopolitical events had on the company and the recent consequences of global competition. Num Pages: 650 pages, 48 b/w illus. 2 maps 39 tables. BIC Classification: KNDC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 160 x 57. Weight in Grams: 1092. . 2013. Illustrated. hardcover. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Title: Solvay: History of a Multinational Family Firm
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication Date: 2013
Language: English
ISBN 10: 1107024803
ISBN 13: 9781107024809
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: New

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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 to 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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Kenneth Bertrams is Research Fellow at the National Fund for Scientific Research in Belgium and Lecturer in History at the Free University of Brussels, Belgium.

Nicolas Coupain is Historian and Scientific Advisor at Solvay S. A.

Ernst Homburg is Professor of History of Science and Technology at Maastricht University, The Netherlands.

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