Solvay

Interview: Dr Pierre Casse, Leadership Chair, IEDC-Bled School of Management; Professor, Moscow School of Management (Skolkovo-Russia) Author: Tina Drolc, MBA Dr Pierre Casse is the Leadership Chair at IEDC-Bled School of Management and a professor at the Moscow School of Management (Skolkovo-Russia).

Belgian chemicals giant Solvay said on July 29 it will pay $5.5 billion for U.S. firm Cytec, aiming to be a key player in the fast-moving air and space composite materials market.

?The proposed acquisition of Cytec marks a major step change in Solvay?s portfolio upgrade,? chief executive officer Jean-Pierre Clamadieu said in a statement.

Solar Impulse 2, the aircraft powered only by sunlight, has landed in India on Tuesday after covering about 1,500 kilometres during a 15-hour flight from Oman.

The Swiss-built  single-seat airctaft that weighs only 2,300 kilogrammes, landed in Ahmedabad where it will make a four-day stopover before flying off to Varanasi, in northeastern India. 

The first official round the world flight of the solar-powered aircraft Solar Impulse 2 was launched as the plane took off from the Al Bateen Executive Airport in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates, Monday morning.