Evonik is a modern industrial group based in Germany with operations throughout the world. In our core business Chemicals we are a global leader. The Chemicals Business Area focuses on specialty chemicals that find application in the most diverse products and industries, from automotive to pharmaceuticals. Working closely with customers, we develop innovative, custom designed products and solutions—and so shape people's everyday lives. In addition, Evonik is an expert in power generation from hard coal and renewable energies, and one of the largest private residential real estate companies in Germany. Evonik align the business systematically to the key growth drivers and global megatrends: resource efficiency, health and nutrition and globalization of technologies. In 2010, the Evonik Group had around 34,000 employees and sales of about ？13.3 billion.

Evonik started its business in China as early as the 1930s by opening a representative office in Shanghai. The company now has a total of 18 companies and 15 production sites in the region with around 4,000 employees. The regional sales reached ？ 1.23 billion in 2010.

Evonik regards China as one of the most important growth regions. A target is to achieve total sales of ？2 billion in the Greater China region by 2015. In order to do so, Evonik launched the "Greater China Growth Path” initiative in the fall of 2008, a strategic development plan with comprehensives measures for regional business development. Based on this initiative, Evonik has started a number of cross business unit projects for some key industries such as automotive, construction, electronics and lighting etc.. Several strategic investment projects are also under way in the region to ensure that the growth trajectory continues in the long term. Besides the investment into production facilities, Evonik also wants to strengthen its R&D efforts in the Greater China region by boosting local innovation.

Evonik regards people as the most important assets for our sustainable growth. Wherever possible, we aim to fill key positions with highly qualified local managers and offer them attractive career opportunities in the Group. In December 2010 the international publishing company CRF singled out Evonik as one of “China’s Top Employers 2011”, which is already the fourth time that Evonik China received this award.

Website: www.evonik.cn