Solutia released financial reports for the first quarter of 2012 and the news for film is good. The net sales for the first quarter is $85 million which is an increase of $9 million from the first quarter in 2011. The company attributes the increase to the Southwall acquisition and strong sales in Asia and [...]

The window film industry has been talking about the implications of Solutia’s acquisition of Southwall Technologies. Solutia will gain Southwall’s XIR® Technology, used in VKool films and all of the company’s manufacturing capabilities for window film production. Solutia will also now be offering a new product where film is “encapsulated between Saflex® polyvinyl butyral interlayers [...]

Solutia is set to acquire glass and film products company Southwall Technologies for an “aggregate equity purchase price of about $113 million” according to a press release from the company. “This acquisition positions Solutia as the world leader in advanced sputtering technology, combining the industry’s leading commercial expertise with next-generation innovation capabilities to provide advanced [...]