Saflex

Saflex
Saflex is a registered trademark of Solutia Inc.

About Saflex®, a unit of Solutia Inc.
With 80 years of experience in developing glass interlayers, Saflex is the world's largest producer and seller of PVB interlayers, and is known as the global leader in PVB quality and reliability. When laminated between layers of glass, PVB interlayers greatly enhance the performance characteristics of glass, providing benefits such as security, solar protection, sound attenuation and safety. For more information, visit www.saflex.com

About Solutia Inc.
Solutia is a market-leading performance materials and specialty chemicals company. The company focuses on providing solutions for a better life through a range of products, including: Saflex(r) interlayer for laminated glass; CPFilms(r) aftermarket window films sold under the LLumar(r) brand and others; high-performance nylon polymers and fibers sold under brands such as Vydyne(r) and Wear-Dated(r); and technical specialties including the Flexsys(r) family of chemicals for the rubber industry, Skydrol(r) aviation hydraulic fluid and Therminol(r) heat transfer fluid. Solutia's businesses are world leaders in each of their market segments. With its headquarters in St. Louis, Missouri, USA, the company operates globally with approximately 6,000 employees in more than 60 locations. More information is available at www.Solutia.com

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Saflex
Solutia Europe S.A./N.V.
Parc Scientifique - Fleming
Rue Laid Burniat 3
Belgium

+32 10 481 429

www.saflex.com

Solutia Celebrates Production, Sales Milestone from New Saflex® Manufacturing Line in Ghent, Belgium

New Saflex® Manufacturing Line in Ghent, Belgium>ST. LOUIS, USA, AND DÜSSELDORF, GERMANY, October 23, 2008 — Today at the Glasstec 2008 exhibition in Düsseldorf, Germany, the Saflex® unit of Solutia Inc. (NYSE: SOA), announced that one million square meters of Saflex polyvinyl butyral (PVB) interlayers have been produced and shipped for commercial sale from the recently completed Third Extrusion Line (TEL) located at its plant in Ghent, Belgium. This start-up marks a significant milestone for the business, which has been focusing on improved regional capability and service levels over the past several years. Solutia will host a Grand Opening celebration for customers at the Ghent plant on Saturday, October 25.