Solvay (composites and adhesives) and Boeing sign long-term enterprise agreement

Solvay's press release






Solvay’s contract extension covers composites and adhesives across all Boeing commercial and defense aircraft programs

Alpharetta, November 2, 2020

Solvay has been awarded a new long-term enterprise agreement by Boeing. Solvay provides material solutions across all commercial and defense programs at Boeing for applications including primary and secondary structures, interiors and surfacing.

Solvay supplies Boeing with a large portfolio of advanced materials including thermoset and thermoplastic composites, adhesives and surfacing films from its locations in the U.S., Europe and China.

“We are proud to continue supporting Boeing's programs with an extensive portfolio of composite and adhesive technologies critical to advancing innovation in aircraft design and manufacturing," said Carmelo Lo Faro, president of Solvay's Composite Materials business unit. "This contract renewal reinforces Solvay’s more than 30-year relationship with Boeing.”

“This contract enables Boeing to secure material supply for all our strategic programs and brings some certainty to a volatile environment," explained Elizabeth Lund, Vice President and General Manager, Boeing Commercial Airplanes Supply Chain. ”Boeing appreciates the long-term partnership, consistently good performance, and relationship with the Solvay team.”

Solvay remains confident in the future of aerospace and looks forward to continuing its long-term partnership with Boeing.


About Solvay

Solvay is a science company whose technologies bring benefits to many aspects of daily life. With more than 24,100 employees in 64 countries, Solvay bonds people, ideas and elements to reinvent progress. The Group seeks to create sustainable shared value for all, notably through its Solvay One Planet plan crafted around three pillars: protecting the climate, preserving resources and fostering better life. The Group’s innovative solutions contribute to safer, cleaner, and more sustainable products found in homes, food and consumer goods, planes, cars, batteries, smart devices, health care applications, water and air purification systems. Founded in 1863, Solvay today ranks among the world’s top three companies for the vast majority of its activities and delivered net sales of €10.2 billion in 2019. Solvay is listed on Euronext Brussels (SOLB) and Paris and in the United States, where its shares (SOLVY) are traded through a Level I ADR program. Learn more at www.solvay.com