Exhibit 99

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                                              SOLUTIA INC.
                                              575 Maryville Centre Drive
                                              St. Louis, Missouri 63141

                                              P.O. Box 66760
                                              St. Louis, Missouri 63166-6760

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

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                                     MEDIA: Dan Jenkins (314) 674-8552
                                     INVESTORS: Tim Spihlman (314) 674-5206



                   SOLUTIA TO EXIT ACRYLIC FIBERS BUSINESS

ST. LOUIS - JANUARY 25, 2005 - Solutia Inc. (OTCBB: SOLUQ) today announced
that it will exit the acrylic fibers business, pending approval by the U.S.
Bankruptcy Court. The company's plant in Decatur, Ala., will continue to
operate as a producer of chemical intermediates for use in nylon products,
but will close its acrylic fiber operation in early-to-mid April. This
action will impact approximately 250 Solutia employees and 200 contractors,
most of whom work at the Decatur plant.

         "Despite the tremendous efforts of those within our acrylic
business to reduce costs and improve productivity, the business has simply
been unable to compete as fiber and textile manufacturing has moved outside
the United States," said John Saucier, president of Solutia's Integrated
Nylon platform. "In the coming weeks, we will work diligently to ensure our
employees impacted by this event are treated fairly, and to support our
customers as they transition to other suppliers."

         Jeffry N. Quinn, president and CEO of Solutia Inc., stated, "A key
component of our reorganization strategy is to re-shape our asset portfolio
so that it consists of high-potential businesses leveraged on Solutia's core
competencies that can consistently deliver returns in



excess of their cost of capital. Exiting the acrylic fiber business, which
in recent years has been rendered unprofitable due to low-cost foreign
competition, declining global demand trends and sustained high raw material
prices, is our most recent step forward in implementing this strategy."

         This matter is subject to bankruptcy court approval, and is
scheduled to be heard in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District
of New York on Feb. 17.

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FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENT

         This press release contains forward-looking statements.
Forward-looking statements are subject to known and unknown risks,
uncertainties and other factors that may cause actual results, performance
or achievements to be materially different from the future results,
performance or achievements expressed or implied by the forward looking
statements. Assumptions and other important factors that could cause our
actual results to differ materially from those anticipated in our
forward-looking statements include, among other things: (i) the ability of
Solutia to develop, prosecute, confirm and consummate one or more Chapter 11
plans of reorganization; (ii) the potential adverse impact of the Chapter 11
filing on Solutia's operations, management and employees, and the risks
associated with operating businesses under Chapter 11 protection; (iii) the
ability of Solutia to comply with the terms of the DIP financing facility;
(iv) world economic conditions, competitive pressures, gain or loss of
significant customers, labor relations and disruption of operations, raw
material and energy costs, currency and interest rate fluctuations, success
in implementing pricing actions and managing spending, operating rates, cost
of debt, environmental compliance and remediation and other factors; (v)
customer response to the Chapter 11 filing; and (vi) the risk factors or
uncertainties listed from time to time in Solutia's filings with the
Securities and Exchange Commission and with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in
connection with the Company's Chapter 11 filing. Other factors and
assumptions not identified above are also relevant to the forward-looking
statements, and if they prove incorrect, could also cause actual results to
differ materially from those projected.


CORPORATE PROFILE

         On Dec. 17, 2003, Solutia Inc., and 14 of its U.S. subsidiaries
filed voluntary petitions for reorganization under Chapter 11 of the U.S.
Bankruptcy Code in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of
New York. Solutia's affiliates outside the United States were not included
in the Chapter 11 filing. Additional information on Solutia's Chapter 11
reorganization is available from the Company's web site, www.Solutia.com.

         Solutia (http://www.Solutia.com) uses world-class skills in applied
chemistry to create value-added solutions for customers, whose products
improve the lives of consumers every day. Solutia is a world leader in
performance films for laminated safety glass and after-market applications;
process development and scale-up services for pharmaceutical fine chemicals;
specialties such as water treatment chemicals, heat transfer fluids and
aviation hydraulic fluid and an integrated family of nylon products
including high-performance polymers and fibers.

Solutia ... Solutions for a Better Life.

SOURCE: SOLUTIA INC.

ST. LOUIS

1/25/05



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