Rhodia Profile. (R&D Profile)

Soap & Cosmetics, July, 2002

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Rhodia is one of the world's leaders in specialty chemicals, providing products and services to the automotive, health care, fragrance, apparel, electronics, personal care, petrochemical and environmental markets.

Rhodia began operations January 1, 1998, as a result of the merger of Rhone-Poulenc's Chemicals and Fibers & Polymers operations. Rhodia became a public company when shares of its stock began trading on the Paris Bourse and New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: RHA) on June 25, 1998.

Rhodia is the only supplier in the world that offers such an extensive range of products, with phosphates, phosphonates, silicones, silicates, surfactants and polymers to meet new requirements of the household cleaning, fabric care, and Industrial &...