Portrait of Evonik Degussa

Evonik Degussa GmbH, a wholly owned subsidiary of Evonik Industries AG, is a multinational corporation consistently aligned to high-margin specialty chemistry. Our operating activities are pooled into twelve business units. 
Degussa is well positioned as the global leader in specialty chemicals. Our strategy is to occupy leading market positions in all our businesses, which we have already achieved in 80 percent of our activities. Based on this solid foundation, our further development focuses on ambitious growth and profitability targets.

In the 2006 business year Degussa generated sales of EUR 10.9 billion and employed a workforce of around 36,000 at more than 300 locations in over 50 countries.