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03.02.2025 • News
Eurocolour Elects New Presidential Board
Eurocolour, the European umbrella organization for manufacturers of pigments, dyes, fillers, and ceramic decoration products, welcomes four new members to its Presidential Board.
11.11.2024 • News
Evonik to Expand Specialty Amine Production in Nanjing, China
German specialty chemicals group Evonik broke ground on its plant expansion for specialty amines at its site Nanjing, China, on Nov. 8. Construction work is expected to be completed in 2026.
02.10.2024 • News
Evonik Breaks Ground on Major Silica Expansion in Charleston, US
Evonik recently announced the groundbreaking of a significant expansion at its Charleston site in South Carolina’s Berkeley County.
03.09.2024 • News
Evonik Completes Expansion of Methionine Production in Singapore
Evonik has completed the expansion of its MetAmino (DL-methionine) production facilities in Singapore and the production on Jurong Island is again running at full capacity, after shutdowns in the fourth quarter of 2023 and the second quarter of 2024.
12.07.2024 • News
Evonik Increases Sodium Methylate Production in Argentina
Evonik has announced the expansion of its sodium methylate production capacity at its Rosario plant in Argentina. The company's expansion contributes to its ongoing role in the biofuels industry and supports its efforts in innovation and sustainability in South America.
16.05.2024 • News
MOL Inaugurates €1.3 Billion Polyols Complex in Hungary
Hungarian energy and petrochemicals group MOL has inaugurated its €1.3 billion polyol complex in Tiszaújváros, Hungary, with a capacity of around 200,000 t/y of polyol, a widely used plastic raw material.
21.03.2024 • News
Evonik and Vland Biotech Begin Joint Venture
Evonik Vland Biotech, a new joint venture between Evonik China and Shandong Vland Biotech, began operations on January 1, 2024. The venture aims to expand the market presence of their livestock probiotics in Greater China and develop new products. The official opening took place in Qingdao on March 14.
20.02.2024 • News
Evonik and Mainz University Partner to Commercialize Randomized PEGs
Evonik and the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) in Germany have signed a license agreement to commercialize randomized polyethylene glycols (rPEGs), a new class of PEGs.
The Green Power of Catalysis
With more than 80% of all chemical products manufactured using catalytic processes, catalysts are the number one value generator in the chemical industry.
20.11.2023 • News
CEFIC Anounces EU Responsible Care Award Winners
The European Chemical Industry Council, CEFIC, announced 26 companies and national associations as the key initiatives featured in the 2023 European Responsible Care Awards Gallery.
14.11.2023 • News
Evonik Launches ‘Circular Economy Program’
Evonik announced that it is significantly expanding its commitment to developing solutions for the circular economy, bundling its activities in the group-wide Circular Economy Program. From 2030, the German specialty chemicals company aims to generate at least €1 billion in additional sales per year from circular products and technologies.
The Use of Evonik’s Catalysts to Manufacture TFA-free Margarines
When manufacturing specialty edible fats, ensuring that the product has the desired properties – such as a stable shelf life, optimal melting behavior, and texture – is essential.
31.05.2023 • News
ProductionToGo to Distribute Evonik’s 3D Printing Materials
Evonik has inked a new non-exclusive deal with compatriot ProductionToGo, covering distribution of the German specialty chemicals group’s 3D printing materials.
09.05.2023 • News
IMCD Seals Two Acquisitions and a Distribution Deal
Rotterdam-based speciality chemicals distributor IMCD kicked off the month of May agreeing a major distribution partnership and two outright acquisitions.
25.04.2023 • News
Linde to Supply Green Hydrogen to Evonik in Singapore
German specialty chemicals producer Evonik has emerged as one of only a handful of companies with concrete plans to use green hydrogen to make chemicals, although several others are eyeing the renewable fuel as an energy source.
20.04.2023 • News
Evonik to Build Electrolyzer for German Hydrogen Test
At its production site in Herne, Germany, specialty chemicals producer Evonik is investing in a pilot electrolyzer to produce green hydrogen as a feedstock for isophorone diamine (IPDA), a key raw material for wind turbine rotor blades.
23.03.2023 • News
Manufacturing Partially Saturated Free Fatty Acids with Evonik Catalysts
In oleochemical production, partially saturated free fatty acids are an important alternative raw material to their fully saturated counterparts. Their manufacture can present unique challenges and opportunities. Evonik’s MONCAT catalysts provide the solution.
28.02.2023 • News
Evonik Invests in Chinese Battery Maker SuperC
German chemical producer Evonik is investing in battery maker Hefei Haizhou New Material Co (SuperC), a Chinese company specialized in graphene materials, which it describes as a technological leader in materials that improve the range, robustness, charging speed and service life of lithium batteries.
25.10.2022 • News
Evonik to Sell TA Derivatives Arm to SABO
Italy’s SABO, a producer of polymer additives, cosmetics ingredients and specialized products for a variety of zootechnical and industrial applications, is acquiring the TAA derivatives business of Germany’s Evonik, including two production sites at Marl, Germany, and Liaoyang, China.
13.09.2022 • News
India’s Calibre Buys RheinPerChemie from Evonik
Indian specialty chemicals company Calibre Chemicals has agreed to acquire RheinPerChemie (RPC) from Evonik. Based in Rheinfelden, Germany, RPC manufactures ammonium and sodium persulfates.
19.08.2022 • News
Evonik to Expand Matting Agents in Taiwan
Evonik is expanding production capacity for its Acematt-branded matting agents at its site in Taiwan.
08.06.2022 • News
Evonik Invests $220 Million in US Lipids Facility
German specialty chemicals producer Evonik has announced it will build a new, highly flexible, global-scale US production facility for pharmaceutical lipids at the Tippecanoe site in Lafayette, Indiana.
27.05.2022 • News
Evonik Sells TAeTTOOz Battery Technology to InnovationLab
Evonik is selling the TAeTTOOz materials technology for printable rechargeable batteries to InnovationLab, a company that helped developed it in partnership with the chemical producer’s Creavis “strategic development arm.
17.05.2022 • News
Sustainability to Drive Evonik’s Business Growth
After making “good progress”, both strategically and financially, in the recent past, the next phase in Evonik’s drive toward enhanced business growth will see it execute “targeted and massive investments” in green chemistry and establish sustainability as its central innovation driver, CEO Christian Kullmann said at the company’s Capital Markets Day.
04.04.2022 • News
Evonik Realigns Health Care Business Line
German specialty chemicals producer Evonik has streamlined its Health Care businesses line, grouped under its Nutrition & Care division, to sharpen the market focus. The realignment divides its portfolio into three new lines: Drug Delivery & Product, Drug Substance and Health Solutions, each building on on core competencies and differentiated technologies.
25.02.2022 • News
Evonik Invests in Alabama Livestock Feed Chain
As part of an expansion project for its US site in Theodore, Alabama, German specialty chemicals producer Evonik plans to invest $176.5 million in a new methyl mercaptan plant. The chemical is used to make MetAmino (DL-methionine), which is used in livestock feed.
26.01.2022 • News
Evonik Builds Rhamnolipids Plant in Slovakia
Germany’s Evonik is investing a three-digit million-euro sum to build a new plant for producing bio-based and fully biodegradable rhamnolipids in Slovakia. The facility is due to go on stream in two years.
30.11.2021 • Topics • Technology
Multinational Companies in China’s Chemical Industry
Chemical MNCs show strong verbal commitment to China, but the real situation is somewhat underwhelming.
07.10.2021 • News
Evonik Seeking to Sell Lülsdorf Site
Evonik has decided to sell its Lülsdorf site, south of Cologne, Germany, in the medium term. The company said detailed plans for the sale will be finalized by next spring. The goal is to sell the entire site to a new owner, though Evonik said it will consider selling parts of the businesses to “various interested parties.” Employee representatives have been notified of the plans.
27.08.2021 • News
Evonik Venture Capital with new China Investment
Extending its engagement with innovative Chinese start-ups, Evonik Venture Capital is placing fresh bets on two funds. The subsidiary of the German chemical producer said it is injecting an undisclosed amount of capital into GRC SinoGreen Fund and Richland VC Fund III.
10.08.2021 • News
Evonik Acquires German Biotech JeNaCell
For an undisclosed sum, Germany’s Evonik has acquired German industrial biotech JeNaCell, thereby expanding its biomaterials portfolio to biotechnologically derived cellulose. The Essen-based group said the acquisition confirms its venture capital arm’s strategy of investing early in start-ups with visionary technology relevant to its own innovation growth fields.
17.06.2021 • News
Evonik Buys Spain’s Infinitec Activos
Evonik has entered into an agreement to buy Infinitec Activos, a privately owned Spanish company that specializes in the development and production of novel delivery systems for cosmetic active ingredients. Financial terms were not disclosed.
23.04.2021 • News
Evonik Delivers Lipids to BioNTech Early
German specialty chemicals producer Evonik delivered the first batches of lipids for BioNTech’s mRNA-based Covid-19 vaccine on Apr. 22, months earlier than planned. Deliveries were expected to start in mid-2021 but the company said it was able to set up production in just eight weeks at its complex in Hanau, Germany, and meet the high-quality requirements for the component.
17.03.2021 • News
CO2-Neutral Chemical Industry
The European Chemical Industry has set out on an ambitious path to become carbon neutral. Germany, as one of the major chemical manufacturing nations, has committed to achieve this goal by 2050.
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