FORM 3

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *   SOLUTIA INC 2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year) 10/06/2011 3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol SOUTHWALL TECHNOLOGIES INC /DE/ [SWTX] (Last) (First) (Middle) 575 MARYVILLE CENTRE DRIVE, P.O. BOX 66760 4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) _____ Director __X__ 10% Owner _____ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) 5. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year) (Street) ST. LOUIS, MO 63166-6760 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line) _X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person ___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person (City) (State) (Zip) Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 4) 2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4) 3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5) Common Stock 0 I See footnote (1) (2) Common Stock 27,509 D (3) Â

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Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)		4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
SOLUTIA INC 575 MARYVILLE CENTRE DRIVE P.O. BOX 66760 ST. LOUIS, MO 63166-6760	Â	  X	Â	Â

Signatures

Paul J. Berra, III, Senior Vice President, Legal and Governmental Affairs and General Counsel		10/17/2011
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date
D. John Srivisal, Vice President		10/17/2011
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	On October 6, 2011, Solutia Inc., a Delaware corporation ("Parent"), Backbone Acquisition Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent ("Purchaser"), and Southwall Technologies Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the "Merger Agreement"). Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, and upon the terms and subject to the conditions thereof, Parent has agreed to cause Purchaser to commence a tender offer to acquire all of the shares of the Company's common stock for a purchase price of $13.60 per share in cash.
(2)	Parent and Purchaser may be deemed to have shared voting power of 62.9% (4,694,780 shares) of the Company's outstanding common stock pursuant to the Tender and Support Agreements (the "Support Agreements"), dated as of October 6, 2011, by and among Parent, Purchaser, the Company and certain stockholders of the Company. See the Schedule 13D filed by Parent on October 17, 2011. Neither Parent nor Purchaser has any pecuniary interest in any shares of common stock of the Company covered by the Support Agreements and each expressly disclaims beneficial ownership of any such shares.
(3)	Parent acquired 27,509 shares of the Company's common stock in open market purchases on or prior to May 28, 1999 using cash on hand.

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