HyChem SA

HyChem - Química Sustentável, S.A. (formerly Solvay Portugal, S.A) is a company specialized in hydrogen chemistry and a strategic partner in the Industry's transition to carbon neutrality. It operates in the market under the signature "energy is in us", which reflects both its electro-intensive nature and its purpose of change: HyChem seeks to integrate renewable energy sources, circular economy practices, and sustainability solutions, aiming to become a role model in industrial transformation and decarbonisation. Located in Póvoa de Santa Iria (VF de Xira), HyChem manufactures and commercializes sodium chlorate, an essential product for the Pulp and Paper sector, and hydrogen, supplied to Solvay Peróxidos, with whom HyChem operates in industrial symbiosis. HyChem is a certified company. It runs an important Business Park, an entrepreneurial initiative that positions itself as an innovation and sustainability platform, and supplies services and utilities to the ALGATEC Eco Business Park (designed to receiving microalgae production projects) and to other company partners. The company also holds the exploration concession for a salt mine located in the Matacães parish, which plans to reactivate for salt production for industrial purposes. HyChem is commited to invest in the energy transition, in the production of green hydrogen and in technological innovation, towards greater sustainability and for the benefit of the shared value with its partners.