Evonik Industries AG engages in the specialty chemicals business worldwide. It operates through Nutrition & Care, Resource Efficiency, Performance Materials, and Services segments. The Nutrition & Care segment offers specialty chemicals, including amphoteric surfactants, ceramides, phytosphingosines, oleochemical quaternary derivatives, polyurethane additives, organically modified silicones, superabsorbents, amino acids and amino acid derivatives, synthesis products, pharmaceutical polymers, and DL-methionine for use in consumer goods, and animal nutrition and healthcare products. The Resource Efficiency segment provides high-performance materials and specialty additives, such as hydrogen peroxide, activated nickel catalysts, precious metal powder catalysts, oil and fat hydrogenation catalysts, amorphous polyalphaolefins, polybutadienes, polyester resins, thermoplastic and reactive methacrylate resins, organically modified silicones, isophorone chemistry, PEEK, polyamide 12, oil additives, organosilanes, chlorosilanes, fumed silicas, fumed metal oxides, precipitated silicas, and matting agents for the automotive, paints, coatings, adhesives, construction, and various other sectors. The Performance Materials segment produces polymer materials and intermediates, including butene-1, DINP, isononanol, cyanuric chloride, alcoholates, and methacrylate monomers and polymers for rubber, plastics, and agriculture industries. The Services segment provides site management, utilities and waste management, technical, process technology, engineering, and logistics services. The company is headquartered in Essen, Germany. Evonik Industries AG is a subsidiary of RAG-Stiftung.
