Solvay S.A. (Brussels, Belgium; www.solvay.com) will build a new manufacturing and filling facility in the Netherlands to produce hydrogen peroxide grades that are used as disinfection and decontamination agents to meet growing demand from the pharmaceutical industry.
The new facility at Solvay’s peroxide-production site in Linne-Herten, in the southern part of the Netherlands, is due to be completed in July 2015.
With this investment, Solvay responds to the increased need in the pharmaceutical sector for its INTEROX PH grades when used as Active Pharma Ingredients(API), and INTEROX SG grades when used as decontamination agent in this industry.
Demand growth is driven by the European Union’s Falsified Medicines Directive, a legal framework to ensure the safe production and use of medicines.
The site in Linne-Herten already manufactures Solvay’s main Peroxides disinfection grades for the European market, for both peracetic acid and hydrogen peroxide. It has in-depth knowledge in the complex production of purified grades, filling, packaging and labelling operations ranging from bulk deliveries to packs of 1 liter bottles.