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                                                                  Exhibit 24(a)


                             POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:

         Each undersigned director and/or officer of Solutia Inc. (the
"Company"), a Delaware corporation, does hereby appoint Jeffry N. Quinn and
Rosemary L. Klein, each of them with full power to act without the other, as
true and lawful attorneys-in-fact, to sign on his or her behalf (a) the
Annual Report on Form 10-K and any Amendments thereto to be filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") under the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934; (b) any amendments to Registration Statements Nos.
333-75812, 333-89818, and 333-99705, all on Form S-3, which have previously
been filed with the Commission under the Securities Act of 1933 (the
"Securities Act"), covering the registration of securities of the Company
and guarantees of certain of the Company's subsidiaries; and (c) any
amendments to Registration Statements Nos. 333-34561, 333-34587, 333-34589,
333-34591, 333-34593, 333-34683, 333-35689, 333-47911, 333-51081, 333-74463,
333-74465, 333-32112, and 333-39972, all on Form S-8, which have previously
been filed with the Commission under the Securities Act, covering the
registration of securities of the Company; giving and granting unto those
attorneys full power and authority to do and perform such actions as fully
as he or she might have done or could do if personally present and executing
any of said documents.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each undersigned director and/or officer has
signed this Power of Attorney as of this 25th day of February, 2004.

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/s/ John C. Hunter                                          /s/ Robert A. Clausen
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John C. Hunter III, Director, Chairman of the               Robert A. Clausen, Director, Vice Chairman,
Board, Chief Executive Officer, and President               Chief Financial Officer and Chief Administrative
(Principal Executive Officer)                               Officer (Principal Financial Officer)


/s/ Paul Donovan                                            /s/ James M. Sullivan
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Paul Donovan, Director                                      James M. Sullivan, Vice President and
                                                            Controller (Principal Accounting Officer)


/s/ Paul H. Hatfield                                        /s/ J. Patrick Mulcahy
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Paul H. Hatfield, Director                                  J. Patrick Mulcahy, Director


/s/ Robert H. Jenkins                                       /s/ Sally G. Narodick
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Robert H. Jenkins, Director                                 Sally G. Narodick, Director


/s/ Philip R. Lochner, Jr.                                  /s/ John B. Slaughter
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Philip R. Lochner, Jr., Director                            John B. Slaughter, Director


/s/ Frank A. Metz, Jr.
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Frank A. Metz, Jr., Director
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