Evonik Group's chemical business is mainly engaged in research and development, production and sales of special chemical products, with a wide product line, from automobile manufacturing to pharmaceutical industry, which runs through all aspects of people's lives and provides customers with various innovative solutions. Special chemicals are indispensable raw materials for product innovation. Various materials, formulas and technologies developed by Evonik Group can create added value for customers' products and enhance their competitive advantage.
Evonik is currently mainly engaged in chemical business in Greater China. Evonik Degussa (China) Investment Co., Ltd. was established in Beijing from June 5 to 10, 2002. As the parent company of the group's business in China, it provided resources and competitive advantages for Evonik's profit growth in China. In addition, since the end of 2002, Evonik's business map in Greater China has been systematically expanded. Today, Evonik's chemical business has 19 enterprises and 15 production bases in Greater China. In fiscal year 2008, Evonik had 4,000 employees in Greater China, with sales exceeding 820 million euros. We plan to increase this figure to 2 billion euros in the medium term.
Evonik is an innovative international industrial group from Germany, with 39,000 employees and business all over the world. We are market leaders in the fields of chemical industry, energy and real estate. Our strengths are innovation, specialization, self-renewal and trustworthiness. We provide solutions to three global trends: energy efficiency, health and nutrition, and global technology development, so that Evonik can occupy a place in the future market. Evonik follows the clear principles of modern value management and attaches importance to profit growth and value creation.