Our core specialty chemicals business is divided into three reporting segments: Consumer, Health & Nutrition, Resource Efficiency and Specialty Materials. Six operating business units that operate as entrepreneurs within the enterprise are assigned to these segments.

Skip over functional column

Operational units

Evonik Industries - Specialty chemicals - Operative Units

The Consumer, Health & Nutrition segment produces specialty chemicals, principally for applications in consumer goods, animal nutrition and pharmaceutical sectors. It comprises the Consumer Specialties and Health & Nutrition Business Units.

Consumer Specialties

The Consumer Specialties Business Unit supplies a wide range of innovative products to the consumer goods industry for use in personal care and hygiene products and cleaning agents. more

Health & Nutrition

The Health & Nutrition Business Unit manufactures and markets essential amino acids for animal nutrition, active ingredients for the pharmaceuticals industry and catalysts. more

The Resource Efficiency segment provides solutions for environment-friendly and energy-efficient products. It is comprised of the Inorganic Materials and Coatings & Additives Business Units.

Inorganic Materials

Core competencies in designing inorganic particles and their surface properties are the hallmarks of the Inorganic Materials Business Unit. It also operates integrated silicon-based facilities for the production of a unique range of chlorosilanes and organosilanes. more

Coatings & Additives

The Coatings & Additives Business Unit produces functional polymers and high-quality monomer specialties for the paints and coatings, adhesives and sealants industries. more

The heart of the Specialty Materials segment is the production of polymer materials and their preproducts, and additives. It comprises the Performance Polymers and Advanced Intermediates Business Units.

Performance Polymers

The Performance Polymers Business Unit manufactures a wide range of advanced materials and its applications technology expertise is highly valued on the market. The heart of its business comprises methylmethacrylate chemistry and integrated production facilities for polyamide-12. more

Advanced Intermediates

The Advanced Intermediates Business Unit supplies products that customers in the agrochemicals, chemicals, plastics and paper industries use for high-quality end-use applications. more