Solvay - Bertrams, Kenneth a Coupain, Nicolas a Homburg, Ernst (Universiteit Maastricht, Netherlands)

Philanthropist Ernest Solvay, on discovering a profitable way of making soda ash in 1861, went on to lay the foundations for the Solvay company, which successfully branched out to other chemicals, plastics and pharmaceuticals. In the first scholarly book on the history of the company, the authors analyze the company's 150-year history (1863-2013) from economic, political and social perspectives.