Expanded offerings deliver new options for LED OEMs and consumer electronics designers

Alpharetta, GA, Oct. 3, 2007 – Solvay Advanced Polymers, maker of more plastics with more performance, announced today the release of two new grades for its Amodel® polyphthalamide (PPA) family of high performance polymers. The first enhanced formulation is Amodel HFZ A-4133L, a high-flow grade that offers improved mechanical properties versus most liquid crystal polymers (LCP) as well a cost-effective alternative for customers currently employing LCPs that may be over-specified in certain electronics applications. The second newly enhanced offering is Amodel A-1133 NL WH886 with improved reflectivity and luminosity-retention for LED applications.

“We’re very excited about the two new additions to our Amodel family of PPA resins,” explained Wolf Sanner, Amodel Product Manager for Solvay Advanced Polymers.“As competition among electronic equipment manufacturers continues to grow, the choice of materials is increasingly a critical one. That’s why we continue to invest in developing and delivering new formulations of polymeric solutions that meet the evolving needs of our electronics customers.”

The enhanced high-flow formulation can be molded to fill the intricate and exacting tool designs commonly used to create electronic components. Specifically, the grade is aimed at applications that employ multi-cavity tools for producing complex thin-walled parts. The new reflective grade of Amodel PPA delivers an inherently reflective plastic for manufacturers of LED packaging for automotive and consumer electronics applications, among others. The light stabilizing package also has exceptional adhesion to the silicone or epoxy encapsulant which is crucial for packaging LEDs. The new Amodel PPA reflective resin was recently selected by two global LED manufacturers based in Korea and Japan respectively.

Please visit the Solvay Stand, Hall 6, D76 at this year’s K-Show in Düsseldorf for more on Solvay Advanced Polymers’ entire line of newly enhanced Amodel PPA resins.

About Solvay Advanced Polymers
Solvay Advanced Polymers, L.L.C., produces more plastics with more performance than any other company in the world. This gives design engineers worldwide more ways to solve top design challenges in automotive, medical, electronics, aerospace and other demanding industries. Solvay is an international chemical and pharmaceutical Group with headquarters in Brussels. It employs some 29,000 people in 50 countries. In 2006, its consolidated sales amounted to EUR 9.4 billion, generated by its three sectors of activity: Chemicals, Plastics
and Pharmaceuticals. Solvay (Euronext : SOLB.BE - Bloomberg: SOLB.BB - Reuters: SOLBt.BR) is listed on the Euronext stock exchange in Brussels.