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Dow Chemical Company vs Solvay S.A.

Side by side, from the public record each company was imported from. Where a figure is missing it is because no source we hold states it — not because it is zero.

Solvay S.A. is the older of the two, founded in 1863 — 34 years before Dow Chemical Company.

Founded
1897
1863
Status
Closed 2017
Active
Headquarters
Midland, United States
Brussels, Belgium
Industry
chemical industry
chemical industry
Employees
Not recorded
9,000
Legal form
Delaware corporation
Public limited company (Belgium)
Listed on
New York Stock Exchange
Euronext Brussels
Parent
DuPont
Not recorded

Facts on both companies come from the public records named on Dow Chemical Company and Solvay S.A..