Solutia Celebrates Production, Sales Milestone From New Saflex(R) Manufacturing Line in Ghent, Belgium

St. Louis and Dusseldorf, Germany (ots/PRNewswire) -

- Completed Expansion Project Highlights Saflex Global Investment
Program; New Resin Capacity Focuses Upon USA, Belgium

Today at the Glasstec 2008 exhibition in Dusseldorf, Germany, the
Saflex(R) 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.

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As a result of this expansion, the Saflex Ghent plant is the
world's largest PVB sheet extrusion facility. The additional 40
million square meter capacity gained from the completed expansion
continues to position Saflex as a key supplier to architectural glass
laminators in Europe. The new line also will provide the Saflex
business with greater flexibility in how it operates its plants
worldwide. In addition, the Ghent facility is the only producer of
the new Saflex Magnum(TM) roll -- which can measure 3.2 or 3.3 meters
wide by 800 meters in length, driving a new industry standard. The
new size will increase yields and drive performance improvements for
European customers.

"We continue to invest across our Saflex business in order to
meet the growing demands of our customers worldwide," said Luc De
Temmerman, president of Solutia's Saflex unit. "This project is a key
part of our global growth strategy for the Saflex business. By
opening our third manufacturing line at Ghent, we are taking a key
step forward in our strategy to optimize our production on a global
scale in order to provide the highest degree of skill, scale and
speed to our customers."

The new manufacturing line was designed within the current
boundaries of the Saflex Ghent plant, leveraging existing
infrastructure and the plant's 40-plus years of experience in
manufacturing Saflex products. In addition, the new line employs the
latest technology, enabling the production process to be highly
automated.

"Our customers recognize the Ghent plant as a proven supplier of
the world's premier PVB interlayers," said Dirk Duquet, vice
president of manufacturing for the Saflex business, "and this
expansion will enable us to very efficiently take that tradition of
quality to an even greater scale."

Saflex is also in the process of adding 12,000 metric tons of PVB
resin capacity at its Indian Orchard site in Springfield, Mass., USA,
and will add a further 15,000 metric tons in Antwerp, Belgium by
mid-2010.

Saflex is the global leader in PVB production, innovation,
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. Laminated glass made with Saflex PVB is used
extensively in both the automotive and architectural markets, and is
now used to encapsulate the world's largest thin film photovoltaic
modules. For more information, please visit: http://www.saflex.com.

NOTES TO EDITOR:

Saflex is a registered trademark of Solutia Inc.

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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 http://www.Solutia.com.

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