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New plant for<br />
organic specialty<br />
surfactants in China<br />
<strong>Evonik</strong> is building an integrated production<br />
plant for organic specialty surfactants at its<br />
site in Shanghai (China). With an investment<br />
volume in the upper double-digit million<br />
range, the production network± is scheduled<br />
to begin operation in mid 2013. The various<br />
specialty surfactants based on renewable raw<br />
materials will be used primarily for cosmetics<br />
and laundry care products, as well as for industrial<br />
applications. <strong>Evonik</strong> is a leading supplier<br />
in these areas.<br />
By building the plant at the Shanghai site,<br />
<strong>Evonik</strong> benefits from the infrastructure of the<br />
large Shanghai Chemical Industry Park (SCIP)<br />
and close proximity to its customers‘ production<br />
facilities. The integrated production network<br />
will feature state-of-the-art technology<br />
and meet correspondingly high environmental<br />
standards. Last fall, in its most recent project<br />
at SCIP, <strong>Evonik</strong> commissioned a plant for<br />
the production of plastics and plastics ingredients—a<br />
250-million-euro investment for<br />
the Group.<br />
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The new integrated production plant will<br />
produce ingredients for cosmetics and laundry<br />
care products, as well as specialty surfactants<br />
for industrial applications. The Chinese<br />
cosmetics industry accounts for the lion‘s<br />
share of production.<br />
„We are already well-positioned in the<br />
market for cosmetic ingredients in Europe<br />
and the United States,“ says Dr. Claus Rettig,<br />
Catalysts for biodiesel: plant in Argentina planned<br />
<strong>Evonik</strong> <strong>Industries</strong> is planning to build a new<br />
facility to produce catalysts for the manufacture<br />
of biodiesel in Argentina. Basic engineering<br />
for this plant, which will have capacity of<br />
over 60,000 metric tons p.a., has now been<br />
completed and construction work is expected<br />
to start in July 2011. Following completion,<br />
which is scheduled for the end of 2012 at the<br />
latest, the plant will produce ready-to-use<br />
alcoholates for use as catalysts in the production<br />
of biodiesel from renewable raw mater<br />
ials. The project is still contingent on the approval<br />
of the relevant authorities.<br />
The plant will be located in Puerto<br />
General San Martin, in the Rosario region, at<br />
the heart of Argentina‘s biodiesel industry.<br />
<strong>Evonik</strong> is planning to build the plant on the<br />
same site as Terminal 6 S.A., which operates<br />
a large biodiesel facility. „Locating the facility<br />
at the Terminal 6 site enables us to use the<br />
existing infrastructure and gives us excellent<br />
logistics connections. It could therefore be<br />
erected swiftly, enabling us to supply catalysts<br />
competitively to customers in South<br />
America,“ comments Jan Van den Bergh, who<br />
heads the Advanced Intermediates Business<br />
The Chinese market for cosmetic ingredients is<br />
growing by 10 percent annually<br />
Unit. The new plant will supply especially<br />
Argentina and Brazil.<br />
<strong>Evonik</strong> has proven expertise in the production<br />
of biodiesel catalysts, backed up by<br />
many years of experience. In 2009 it started<br />
up a new production facility in Mobile (USA)<br />
with capacity of 60,000 metric tons p.a. This<br />
plant, which was built in just nine months,<br />
serves the growing North American market<br />
for biodiesel.<br />
Following the success of the new production<br />
technology at this US facility, the plan is<br />
to use the same technology for the new facil-<br />
head of the Consumer Specialties Business<br />
Unit. „Now we are following our customers<br />
to Asia, with state-of-the-art technology and<br />
correspondingly high-quality ingredients.<br />
This allows us to supply our customers at the<br />
accustomed high level of quality.“<br />
China is expected to be the biggest market<br />
for cosmetics in Asia short-term, leaving<br />
Japan behind to number 2 position. The market<br />
in China will account for 25 percent of the<br />
global absolute growth of the upcoming five<br />
years. The Chinese market for cosmetic ingredients,<br />
which is mainly driven by multinational<br />
corporations, is growing by 10 percent<br />
annually. The main reason for this<br />
growth is the developing middle class in<br />
China, whose consumption patterns have<br />
changed in favor of higher qual ity products.<br />
In Asia, the market for laundry care products<br />
is driven by a growing environmental<br />
consciousness. <strong>Evonik</strong>’s products are particularly<br />
eco-friendly. For industrial specialty<br />
surfactants, the market is growing based<br />
on improved technology standards and<br />
increas ing regulatory requirements. With<br />
the con struction of the new integrated production<br />
plant, <strong>Evonik</strong> is also increasing its<br />
local capac ities in technical service, marketing<br />
and sales.<br />
ity in Argentina. In the new process, alcoholates<br />
are produced by reacting alcohol with a<br />
lye.<br />
<strong>Evonik</strong> is already a global market leader<br />
in biodiesel catalysts—a position it also holds<br />
in South America. „The planned new facility<br />
in Argentina strengthens our commitment to<br />
this region,“ says Van den Bergh. „In the midterm,<br />
we are anticipating strong double-digit<br />
growth in the biodiesel market.“ <strong>Evonik</strong> operates<br />
a facility in Niederkassel-Lülsdorf, near<br />
Cologne (Germany) as well as its facility in<br />
the USA.
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