Solutia Inc.

Solutia Inc. manufacture performance materials and specialty chemicals used in various consumer and industrial applications. The company’s Advanced Interlayers segment provides polyvinyl butyral PVB sheet that is used in the manufacture of laminated glass for automotive and architectural applications, and as an encapsulant in photovoltaic applications primarily under the SAFLEX name; ethyl vinyl acetate films under the VISTASOLAR name for photovoltaic module encapsulation; and specialty intermediate PVB resin and plasticizer products under the BUTVAR name. Its Performance Films segment manufactures solar control, decorative, safety and security window films for aftermarket automotive and architectural applications under the LLUMAR, V-KOOL, HÜPER OPTIK, VISTA, GILA, and FORMULA ONE HIGH PERFORMANCE AUTOMOTIVE TINT names; and advanced film components that are used in electronics and energy industrial products under the FLEXVUE name. The company’s Technical Specialties segment manufactures and sells chemicals for the rubber, solar energy, process manufacturing, and aviation industries. This segment offers insoluble sulfur under the CRYSTEX name; and antidegradants, which are used in pneumatic tire components, solid tires, belts, hoses, cables, automotive mounts, bushings, and general mechanical products under the SANTOFLEX name. It also provides heat transfer fluids, used for indirect heating or cooling of chemical processes in various industrial equipment and in solar energy power systems under the THERMINOL name; and aviation hydraulic fluids for airline airframe manufacturers and aviation maintenance facilities under the SKYDROL name. It sells products to end users in various industries through distributors, franchisees and its sales force internationally. Solutia Inc. was founded in 1901 and is headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri. As of July 2, 2012, Solutia Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Eastman Chemical Company