Profile & Organization
Chemicals Business Unit
The Chemicals Business Area operates in attractive areas of specialty chemicals, a field in which it ranks among the top global players. We are already positioned among the market leaders in more than 80 percent of our activities and we are systematically increasing this position.
To achieve that, our priorities include powerful marketing, expanding our presence in attractive
growth regions and focusing on the impetus generated by our innovations. Market-oriented research
and development and work on future technologies are essential for profitable growth.
- More than 80 percent of sales are generated in businesses where we rank among the market leaders
- Broad customer base, diversified end-markets and products that are difficult to duplicate
- Over 100 production sites in 28 countries around the world
- Products, processes and applications developed in the past five years account for about 20 percent of sales
- More than 20,000 patents and pending patents
- Market-oriented research and development and modern innovation management
Management
| Dr. Klaus Engel | Chairman of the Managing Board of Evonik Degussa GmbH, Member of the Executive Board of Evonik
Industries AG
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| Dr. rer. nat. Alfred Oberholz | Deputy Chairman of the Managing Board of Evonik Degussa GmbH, Member of the Executive Board of
Evonik Industries AG
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| Ralf Blauth | Member of the Managing Board of Evonik Degussa GmbH
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| Heinz-Joachim Wagner | Member of the Managing Board of Evonik Degussa GmbH, Chief Financial Officer of Evonik
Industries AG
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| Patrik Wohlhauser | Member of the Managing Board of Evonik Degussa GmbH
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