Röhm GmbH

Deutsche-Telekom-Allee 9
64295 Darmstadt
Germany

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Röhm is one of the world's leading methacrylate chemical manufacturers. It supplies customers in high-growth markets, including the automotive industry, construction, and medical technology. The company serves the global market with its Meracryl methacrylates and Plexiglas PMMA molding compounds, which are manufactured in its worldwide production network. These products have a wide range of applications, including paints, coatings, automotive taillights, medical devices, aircraft windows, displays in household appliances, and road markings.

Röhm employs around 2,900 people worldwide. With production and research sites in Europe, North America, and China, Röhm combines regional presence with global expertise to create added value for its customers.

Polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) products from Röhm are sold on the European, Asian, African and Australian continent under the registered trademarks Plexiglas® and Pleximid®, in the Americas under the registered trademarks Acrylite® and Acrymid®.

Discover the world of Röhm: www.roehm.com

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17.03.2025 • News • Strategy

PMMA as an Ideal Material for the Circular Economy

The versatile material polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) is particularly impressive due to its durability and outstanding recyclability.

16.10.2024 • News • Strategy

Innovative and Sustainable in a Network

Röhm Strives for Global Technology Leadership as a Methacrylate Specialist.

19.10.2023 • News

Röhm Commissions Polymerization Plant for Plexiglas in Shanghai

Röhm expands its presence for MMA (Methyl Methacrylate) and PMMA (Polymethyl Methacrylate) production in Asia. China, as the world's largest market for these products, represents a prime opportunity for Röhm's specialized innovations. This development represents a pivotal point in the company's broader expansion efforts.

22.06.2023 • News

Röhm Seals Functional Forms Deal with SABIC

German PMMA specialist Röhm has signed a final agreement to acquire SABIC’s Functional form business, which makes high-end polycarbonate film and sheet.

09.12.2022 • News

Röhm to Acquire SABIC’s PC Sheet and Film Business

PMMA specialist Röhm plans to acquire SABIC’s polycarbonate-based Functional Forms business in a deal due to close in H1 2024. The company said the buy is key to its strategy to advance its transparent semi-finished products business into a leading multi-polymer global player.

28.10.2022 • News

Röhm and OQ break ground on Texas MMA Plant

Together with compatriot project partner OQ Chemicals, Germany’s Röhm has broken ground on a new world-scale methyl methacrylate (MMA) plant it is building at OQ Chemicals’ Bay City, Texas site.

22.07.2022 • News

Röhm Begins China PMMA Build

Germany’s Röhm has begun construction of a capacity expansion in China for its Plexiglas polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) molding compounds. A groundbreaking ceremony took place at the Shanghai site on Jul. 18 and the expanded plant is due to start operating by the second quarter of 2023.

14.02.2022 • News

Röhm Breaks Ground on Innovation Center in Worms

German methaycrylates specialist Röhm recently broke ground on a new state-of-the-art innovation center at Worms, Germany. The new facility, which will employ around 100 scientists, is designed to further expand its technology leadership, the company said.

06.01.2022 • News

Röhm Expands China PMMA Capacity

Röhm has announced plans to spend a double-digit million euro sum to expand capacity in China for its Plexiglas polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) molding compounds. The company said the dynamic economic development of Asia’s automotive and lighting industries were key drivers for the expansion at its site in Shanghai, which will go on stream in the second quarter of 2023.

02.08.2019 • News

Evonik’s Sale of Röhm to Advent Closes

With the transfer of Evonik’s methacrylates business to private equity investor Advent International, Röhm, one of the world’s leading producers of methyl methacrylate (MMA) monomer and PMMA molding compounds, is now called Röhm again. The company based at Darmstadt, Germany, also has a new logo.