International chemical company, Solvay, recently celebrated the achievement of Bertrand Piccard and André Borschberg, who completed their world flight at the controls of Solar Impulse 2 (Si2), run on sustainable technology.

The return to Abu Dhabi, at the end of a 35,000 kilometre journey on just the sun’s energy, marks the culmination of an incredible adventure in which Solvay has been involved right from the start.

Ever since Solvay became the first partner of Solar Impulse in 2004, it dedicated its expertise and innovation capacities to this project. Fifteen Solvay products applied in more than 6,000 parts enable the storage and optimal consumption of energy and lightweight the solar plane. Moreover, Solvay supplied the composite materials for the wing spars and rear stabiliser parts. (GK)