Evonik is one of the world's leading specialty chemicals companies. Our strategy is aligned to profitable growth and sustained value creation. We focus on megatrends with high growth potential—especially health and nutrition, resource efficiency, and globalization—and on entering attractive future-oriented markets. Our strengths include the balanced span of our business activities, endmarkets and regional presence, and working closely with our customers. Around 80 percent of our sales in 2010 came from areas where we rank among the market leaders. To support this, we use state-of-the-art integrated technology platforms. Our profitable future growth is driven by our market-oriented research and development.