Evonik: What we make.
And what we don’t.

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Evonik is one of the world’s leading specialty

The Performance Materials segment focuseschemicals companies. “Specialty chemicals”

on manufacturing polymer materials andsounds like complicated products withintermediates, mainly for rubber, plastics and­complicated names – and they are. But did you

agriculture. You can find them in car tires,know you use specialty chemicals every day?

solar panels and your garden hose.

Not only that – you love using them. Because
specialty chemicals make your life more

Apart from these segments, Evonik’s work-convenient, more practical and safer. Specialty

force is organized into Industry Teams.

chemicals put the stickiness in glue, theEach Industry Team pools the skills fromwashing power in laundry detergent and theall three segments according to thematic areas.

lightness in lightweight components.

We have Industry Teams for Automotive,Coatings, Construction and Pharma, andSO WHAT DOES

EVONIK
MAKE?

In a nutshell: Our chemical ingredients givealso for Agriculture, Composites and Food.

products their properties. And they often turna standard product into something special.

Our customers in each industry value thisSomething that stands head and shoulders

structure because it enables them – throughabove the masses of goods on the market,

just one dedicated contact person – to tap

setting a new benchmark: Paint that doesn’t

into the entire company’s expertise. Industry

drip, tires that lower fuel consumption andTeams and customers work together as

deodorants that don’t stain your favorite

development partners to create new productblouse. There’s no sphere of life where youproperties, new areas of application and new

won’t find Evonik specialty chemicals,

production processes. And we’re not satisfied

because we operate close to markets anduntil this collaboration has yielded a viable

close to customers.

overall solution.

Our Nutrition & Care segment manufactures

In this brochure, we’ll show you the many

products primarily for use in consumer

ways specialty chemicals from Evonik are usedgoods for daily needs, animal nutrition andto make products better. Join us on this little

healthcare.

tour through our portfolio, and take a deeper
look into the work of a leading specialty

Our Resource Efficiency segment supplies

chemicals company – and into the products

high-performance materials for environmen-that touch your life every day.

tally friendly and energy-efficient systems
used in the automotive sector, construction
and adhesives.

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AT EVONIK,WE MAKE CARS …

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… MORE FUEL-EFFICIENT.
One good turn: “Green tires” with Evonik’s innovative silica-silane systemlower rolling resistance, which helps cut fuel consumption by up to 8 % – without
impacting grip, especially on wet roads. That reduces CO2 emissions andincreases safety.

… MORE SCRATCH-RESISTANT.

… LIGHTER.
Hard as steel, light as foam: From structural foams to adhesive systems, Evonik
offers all the technologies for high-performance composites from one source.
So more and more metal car parts can be replaced with lightweight components.
That makes a difference on the scale and at the pump.

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Managers aren’t the only ones who need to be flexible – automotive paints do,too. With its new technology, Evonik can produce silane-modified binders thatmake car paint more resilient. The enhanced crosslinking of the silanes paves
the way for car paints that are both more flexible and more durable. The result:better resistance to scratches.

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… MORE EFFECTIVE.
The less the better – and a little is the best of all: Medicines with highly potent
active pharmaceutical ingredients are primarily used to treat cancer, specificallytargeting tumor cells. They are so potent that the tiniest dose is plenty. Evonik isthe contract manufacturer with the world’s highest capacities for the manufactureof High Potency Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients.

… MORE ON-TARGET.

… CHEAPER.

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An overcoat for tablets: Our pharmaceutical EUDRAGIT® polymers coat drugs
and dissolve according to specified parameters. That lets us predetermine whenand where a drug is released into the gastrointestinal system, so it delivers results
precisely on the mark.

Today’s tablet presses can produce up to 1.6 million pills – per hour! OurAEROSIL® flow aid ensures that, even at this breathtaking speed, the agent is
distributed evenly throughout the tablet “batter,” which enables faster, more
economical production.

… LONGER-LASTING.
Syringe unemployment is on the rise! That’s because Evonik takes APIs that
previously had to be injected and wraps them in lactic acid-based copolymers.
The “packaging” dissolves in a controlled manner in the body, releasing theright amount of medicine over a period of days, weeks or months. For patientswith chronic illnesses, that means fewer injections.

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… WATER-REPELLENT.
Like an invisible umbrella: Our waterproofing agents are added to liquid concrete
to provide homogenous, deep-down protection against water. That keeps thefoundation your home is built on solid for a long time to come.

… THRIFTIER.

… MORE SUSTAINABLE.

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Modern windows are made of glass and gas. What keeps the insulating gas layer
between the glass panes right where it should be for decades? Sealants made byEvonik. They’re good for the planet and your wallet.

A sweater for your house: Buildings account for 40 % of the world’s energy
consumption, so good insulation is crucial. Our CALOSTAT® insulation panels
made of silicon dioxide allow steam to diffuse through them, don’t burn andinsulate extremely well. They keep out the cold – and the heat, too.

… MORE COLORFUL.
White Stripes? Deep Purple? Or Simply Red? No matter what your taste,
Evonik additives in interior and exterior paints for walls and facades keep drippingand spattering to a minimum. After all, the paint is supposed to decorate yourwalls, not you.

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… POSSIBLE.
The “it” couple of cosmetics: Oil and water, two substances that don’t mix.
Or so the saying goes. But ever since the 1920s, our emulsifiers have been
­keeping the mix of oil and water blended – the dream team for skin, hand, faceand sun creams.

… NURTURING.

… SKIN-TIGHTENING.

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The fountain of youth doesn’t burble forever. Many factors cause our skin to age,including moisture loss. The good news is that sphingolipids from Evonik act as aprotective shield. They keep moisture in skin and harmful substances out. That’s
why they are an elementary ingredient in anti-aging creams.

The power of nature powers good skin: Evonik uses plants to produce naturalingredients for skin care. Such as our sandalwood-seed extract that stimulates
detoxification in skin cells and firms them, reducing cellulite.

… MORE EFFECTIVE.
Our “ingredient taxi” ROVISOME® delivers cosmetic ingredients right into theepidermis, where their effects are optimally activated. It’s the safe, reliable
way to transport vitamin C, the coenzyme Q10 or even a combination of agents –for innovative skincare products with targeted effects.

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… GERM-FREE.
Ruin germs’ appetite: Developed for the food industry, Evonik’s high-purity
hydrogen peroxide OXTERIL® makes packaging for perishable juice and milk
products germ-free before being filled. So yogurt and other treats stay freshand healthy longer.

… MORE ECO-FRIENDLY.

… HEALTHIER.

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Chickens, pigs and fish love them, and so does the rest of the planet: Our aminoacids for animal nutrition enable livestock to extract more nutritional value fromwhat they eat. That helps reduce CO2 emissions, overfertilization and the impact
on waterways.

A sweet deal: our isomalt. Evonik produces this low-calorie sugar substitute for
the Asian market. Isomalt helps counter obesity, goes easy on the teeth and iseven suitable for diabetics. That’s how we’re serving up guilt-free indulgence.

… EASY TO MEASURE.
Drier than British humor: Our flow enhancers SIPERNAT® and AEROSIL® makesure that foodstuffs in powder form don’t clump. So spices, powdered vegetables and cooking salt can be measured accurately and used up completely, rightdown to the last pinch.

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… MORE STABLE.
Wind is strong, but rotor blades are stronger: A wind turbine’s blades containa skeleton made of rigid foam. Our polymer additives make this rigid foam extra
stable, so the rotor blades can stand up to wind and weather.

… LOW-MAINTENANCE.

… CORROSION-RESISTANT.

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Oil change, please! No problem with a car, but if you have to climb 150 meters
first, it’s a job you’d rather avoid. That’s why wind farm operators are interested
in gear oil with an especially long life. And they find it at Evonik.

Lightweight shoes are great if you want to run like the wind. But each “foot”
of a 200-meter wind turbine needs to stay put – in a shoe made of some
1,500 cubic meters of reinforced concrete. Evonik’s anti-rust agents give the180 tons of steel in the foundation a long, reliable service life.

… MORE DURABLE.
Sun, sand and salt water: Sounds like a dream vacation, but they’re a windfarm’s worst nightmare. Evonik provides all-around protection: Our paintadditives guard against material fatigue caused by rust or UV rays, so theyextend the systems’ life span.

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Nothing is so perfect thatyou can’t improve it.

This brochure illustrates just a small cross-section of our portfolio, which
comprises over 4,000 products altogether. Want to see what else Evonik’s
specialty chemicals make better?
www.better-with-evonik.com

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EVONIK INDUSTRIES AG
Rellinghauser Straße 1–1145128 Essen, Germany
info@evonik.com
www.evonik.com