Evonik Industries, producing more than 600 thousand tons of hydrogen peroxide annually, is considered the second largest producer of this product in the world.
Evonik's plants for the synthesis of hydrogen peroxide by 2007 were located in Reinfelden (Germany), Antwerp (Belgium), Weissenstein (Austria), Bussi sul Tirino (Italy), Barra Do Riacho (Brazil), Mobile ( Alabama USA).
In March 2008, Evonik and Sibur announced the start of the preparation of an investment feasibility study for the possible construction of hydrogen peroxide production facilities (Sibur). & nbsp; strong> carefully study the hydrogen peroxide market in order to assess the current and forecast capacity of the Russian market.
The study showed that the potential market capacity is less than the unit capacity of modern hydrogen peroxide synthesis plants. Given the strong position of the Russian manufacturer Novocheboksarsky Khimprom, it would not be possible to load the new enterprise even by half. Based on the study, it became obvious that it was impossible to prepare a justification.
In February 2009, Evonik announced plans to close a factory in Italy (ChemOnline).
In 2011, Evonik buys a hydrogen peroxide plant in Canada from Kemira (The Chemical Journal).
In April 2012, the Ekvonik plant was opened in China with a capacity of 230 thousand tons. (LMB Portal).
In 2013, Evonik announced the creation of a joint venture with Petronas (Malaysia) with a capacity of 250 thousand tons of hydrogen peroxide per year. (Plastichelper.ru).
In May 2014, Novocheboksarsky Khimprom announced plans to increase its hydrogen peroxide capacity by 50,000 tons. (True PFO).
