Evonik launches the basic Planning for a Capacity Expansion for Hydrogen Peroxide in Europe, by chemwinfo

As one of the leading manufacturers of

hydrogen peroxide, Evonik is responding to

the increasing demand for active oxygen.

In addition to increasing production capacity,

this also means providing more efficient

and faster delivery to customers.

Hydrogen peroxide is used in many applications,

two of these are pulp and textile bleaching because of

* its effective cleaning,

* bleaching characteristics

* and its environmentally benign properties.

To meet the steadily increasing customer demand,

Evonik began an extensive program in 2017 to realign

its existing four production sites in Europe:

In addition to

* increasing the production capacity of existing plants,

this also included

* the construction of a new logistics center

   at the Weissenstein site in Austria.

Because of the associated business expansion

that include smaller packaging sizes and

an expansion of its services, Evonik is now able

to better meet the increasing demand f

or packaged goods even better

and with additional flexibility.

Evonik is now preparing to set the next milestone.

The company intends to start up

an additional production line

at its site in Antwerp by 2020

and has therefore decided to launch

the necessary basic planning.

The new production line would increase

Evonik’s production capacity in Antwerp by 50%.

With the above-mentioned measures Evonik is proactively

responding to the increasing demands of the market.

Michael Träxler,

Business Line Manager Active Oxygens

"We are seeing a very high and continuous increase

 in demand for hydrogen peroxide in the marketplace,

 both in traditional applications such as the pulp industry,

 and in particular specialty applications such as

 food safety or in wastewater treatment,

 where hydrogen peroxide is a more

 environmentally friendly alternative to other chemicals"

Susanne Reinhart,

General Manager of Active Oxygens EMEA,

"Our goal is to meet the very diverse needs

 of our customers in the best possible way

 and work together with them

 on solution concepts for the future.

 We distinguish ourselves above all

 by our high delivery reliability

 and customer proximity.

 With the reorientation in Europe

 and the expansion of our production capacities,

 we are even better positioned to be able

 to answer a wide range of inquiries faster,

 more flexibly and we are even closer to our customers."