10-14-2009: The Catalysts Business Line of Evonik Industries and the Swiss-based company Solvias AG have renewed their license agreement for vanadium-doped precious metal powder catalysts for the hydrogenation of nitro compounds. Evonik will continue to market these catalysts, which were developed by Solvias, on an exclusive basis but the underlying business model has been greatly simplified effective October 1, 2009. “Anyone purchasing these catalysts from Evonik now automatically acquires the right to utilize the technology,” explains Dr. Jürgen Krauter, head of Marketing at Evonik’s Catalysts Business Line. “Additional license agreements and fees will no longer be necessary.”
Solvias will continue to use this technology for customized process development and optimization. This Swiss company thus retains access to the entire platform of technologies for hydrogenation of nitro groups with vanadium-based catalysts. Alongside the ready-to-use vanadium-doped catalysts marketed by Evonik, this includes in-situ variants comprising platinum catalysts to which a vanadium salt is added during the reaction.
The jury of the annual Solvias Ligand Contest awarded the 2011 prize to Dr. Syuzanna R. Harutyunyan, Assistant Professor in Synthetic Organic Chemistry at the University of Groningen. The Award Ceremony and presentation of the prize-winning contribution took place during the 10th Science Da ... more
Solvias and RohnerChem announced a partnership for custom research and manufacturing services. The preferred but non-exclusive partnership closes the chain of services from route scouting through to commercial manufacturing. Customers will benefit from the synergy of Solvias’ expertise in c ... more
Just in time for the New Year, the company relocated from Basel to Kaiseraugst. The new laboratories offer more space to provide the pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical industry with the spectrum of services that includes analysis of large and small molecules, solid-state development, ... more
Solvias is a privately held company located in Kaiseraugst/Switzerland. With over 300 highly qualified employees, Solvias supports the research and development of new drug substances and the optimization of manufacturing processes for pharmaceutical, biotechnology and life science companies ... more
At the 2012 American Cleaning Institute (ACI) Annual Meeting and Industry Convention, January 30 through February 4 in Orlando, Florida, Henkel recognized four outstanding suppliers for their excellent cooperation. The “Henkel Sustainability Award”, which is presented for the first time, wa ... more
Evonik is pressing ahead with the planning phase for a new production facility for a wide range of ingredients for cosmetics and consumer goods in Americana in the Brazilian state of São Paulo. The planned investment is in the mid-double-digit million euro range. Production capacity will ex ... more
With the largest of its chemical investments to date, Evonik plans to strengthen its core business with essential amino acids for animal nutrition. The Group will invest roughly one-half billion Euros in Singapore for the construction of a methionine complex with an annual capacity of 150,0 ... more
The Creavis produces and markets ceramic membrane foils. In cause of the flexibility of the CREAFILTER foil there are membrane elements as discs, cassettes and wounded types possible to be realised. more
The Business Area Chemicals of Evonik which is active in the attractive field of specialty chemicals, holds top positions world wide.
As Germany’s fifth largest power producer, Evonik is market and technology leader in the planning, construction and operation of highly efficient coal-fired ... more