Completion of the plant is scheduled for the end of 2015

13-05-2013

Evonik Industries has started basic engineering for a production plant for precipitated silica in Brazil. Subject to the approval of the responsible bodies, Evonik aims to complete the plant in the year 2015 to market precipitated silica in the South America region from local production. The ...

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05-03-2013

The strategic focus of Evonik’s cyanuric chloride activities will in the future lie on servicing the international plastics, paper, textile and photovoltaics markets. Customers in Europe and North America, the South American market, and parts of Asia will then be serviced and supplied ...

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CDT plant passes performance test

28-02-2013

As recently as ten months after the fire in Evonik Industries’ cyclododecatriene (CDT) plant, CDT-based VESTAMID® products and its precursors are available once again without limitations, thus force majeure ceased. After the reconstructed plant resumed operations at the Marl site in December, ...

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22-01-2013

Evonik and the government of the Russian Rostov Region used the opportunity of a reception at the Russian embassy in Berlin and the annual International Green Week to reaffirm their cooperation. The objective is to establish a facility for the production of Biolys® in Volgodonsk through the ...

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16-01-2013

Evonik Industries is further expanding its market in C4-based products and investing in the expansion of its production facilities. The Group’s 1-butene capacity in Marl Chemical Park will be expanded by 75,000 tons. In Antwerp, the production of butadiene will be expanded by 100,000 tons, ...

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Thirty percent global capacity expansions planned for silica by 2014

21-12-2012

Evonik Industries plans to increase its annual production capacities for precipitated silica at its US site in Chester, PA by around 20,000 metric tons. The new facility, which received an investment in the lower double-digit Euros range, is scheduled to become operational in 2014. The ...

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10-12-2012

Evonik Industries completed its expansion of capacity for the feed amino acid L-lysine in North America in autumn 2012. Production capacity at the Blair site in Nebraska, U.S.A., was doubled to 280,000 metric tons per year in two stages. “Evonik is also working to further expand capacity by ...

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19-11-2012

On November 16, Evonik will celebrate 50 years of making isophorone chemicals. This is an important milestone for the company, and some 200 customers, employees, and pensioned former employees will join Evonik Executive Board members Dr. Thomas Haeberle and Thomas Wessel in Herne to look back ...

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22-10-2012

Evonik Industries marked the roof-topping phase of construction for its hydrogen peroxide plant in Jilin, China, with a ceremony on October 19, 2012. Situated in the northeast of the country, the plant is due to go online in late 2013 with an annual capacity for the production of 230,000 ...

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75,000 metric ton capacity increase at the Marl site - Start-up scheduled for 2015

04-10-2012

Evonik Industries plans to increase the production capacity for 1-butene at its Marl site by 75,000 metric tons per year, and start-up is scheduled for 2015. With a total capacity of 310,000 metric tons, Evonik would then be the world's top producer of 1-butene. Basic engineering for the ...

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