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Princess Astrid celebrates 60th birthday during US economic mission


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Princess Astrid celebrated her 60th birthday on Sunday. That happened in Atlanta, America, where she is participating in a major economic mission.

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The anniversary was celebrated with cake, in the presence of the many participants in the second largest Belgian economic mission ever. More than 500 persons participate in the mission, which takes them from Atlanta to New York and Boston.

Prince Lorenz had also traveled to Atlanta especially for his wife’s birthday.

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Princess Astrid officially opened a brand new lab of the Belgian chemical and materials group Solvay in Georgia on Sunday.

Solvay has invested more than EUR 22 million in the past four years alone in its US facility at Alpharetta, Georgia, which conducts research into new materials. The Alpharetta site, near Atlanta, is the global headquarters for Solvay’s materials business. The more than 150-year-old Belgian group has grown from a pure chemical player into a chemical and materials specialist, investing heavily in the development of new materials. This concerns, for example, super-light materials used in the aerospace and automotive sectors.

Solvay does a great deal of this research at its Alpharetta site. New materials are tested for, for example, firmness and elasticity. For example, Solvay scientists have developed new polymers that make batteries for electric cars more efficient, said Solvay CEO Ilham Kadri.

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