Evonik is expanding its market position in organic specialty surfactants
Evonik Industries has opened a new production facility for organic specialty surfactants in the Shanghai Chemical Industry Park (SCIP) in Shanghai, China. "With this investment, we are sustainably expanding our business in Asia. The new plant in Shanghai not only plays a key role in further consolidating our position in the Chinese market, but is also an important element of our strategy for the growth markets of the entire region," emphasized Dr. Klaus Engel, Chairman of the Executive Board of Evonik Industries AG, in his remarks at the opening ceremony.
The new facility has an annual capacity of around 80,000 metric tons. The investment volume was in the upper two-digit million Euro range. The production focuses on key product groups such as amphoteric surfactants, amidoamines, esters, alkoxylates and quats.
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