For the Expo will bring more surprises - visit Xia Fuliang, President of Evonik Industries Greater China

The 5th CIIE will be held
in Shanghai on November 5~10.
On the eve of the launch, Xia Fuliang, President of Evonik Industries Greater China, said in an interview with this reporter that the theme of Evonik's participation in the Expo is "Focus on Sustainable Development, Create a Green Future", and they will bring a series of innovative and green solutions and blockbuster innovative products to the exhibition to help achieve the "dual carbon" goal
with practical actions.

Committed to sustainability

According to Xia, Evonik specializes in specialty chemicals and has more than 4,000 products
worldwide.
Evonik's series of special additives isophorone can make wind turbines more resistant to corrosion and more durable; High-performance nylon 12 engineering plastics can reduce the weight of the car and improve the efficiency of fuel use; Feed additives can meet the precise nutritional needs of farmed animals
.

Starting in May this year, Evonik began to drive the next phase of its strategic transformation: to fully integrate sustainability into its corporate strategy and to invest more than €3 billion by 2030 to significantly increase the development of
"next-generation solutions", i.
e.
products with significant sustainability advantages.
By 2030, sales of "next-generation solutions" will increase from the current 37% to more than 50%, and at least 700 million euros will be invested in the development of "next-generation technologies" to reduce CO2 emissions
.

Strengthen local R&D layout

According to Xia, Evonik Greater China achieved sales of around EUR 1.
6 billion in 2021 and currently has more than 2,700 employees, 16 production sites and offices
.

Xia Fuliang said that strengthening the local R&D layout is crucial
for Evonik to enhance the competitiveness of its products in China.
The Evonik Innovation Campus Shanghai, located in the Xinzhuang Industrial Zone in Shanghai, is one of the six R&D sites in the world to meet local, Asia-Pacific and even global R&D needs
.
The R&D projects of the Shanghai Innovation Park cover basic research in chemistry, product development, process development, experimental plants, application technology, testing and analysis services, venture capital, etc
.
By 2027, the number of R&D personnel at the Shanghai Innovation Park will double
.

Evonik's largest production site in Greater China is located in the Shanghai Chemical Industry Park and already has an isophoronediamine plant, an organic specialty chemicals plant, a silicone plant, etc
.
All of Evonik's business units in China benefit from the leading technology, state-of-the-art equipment and shared infrastructure
of the multi-user base.
To date, Evonik has invested 700 million euros in the site, covers an area of more than 400,000 square meters and produces more than
200 product categories.

It will bring explosive models to the Expo

Xia Fuliang said that at the Expo, Evonik will exhibit a series of innovative, environmentally friendly and sustainable material solutions based on the local area, covering transportation, daily necessities, medicine and health products, animal nutrition, urban construction, road construction and other applications
.

Specifically, in the field of lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles, Evonik will present four new products
.
These products contribute to improving the safety and durability
of lithium batteries for electric vehicles.
Among them, the series of adhesives for lithium-ion batteries, process additives used in the manufacture of electrodes and separators for lithium-ion batteries are developed in China and are the first in the
world.
In the field of healthcare, Evonik will bring several new products
with their first launch in China.
In the consumer goods sector, Evonik will present eight innovative products
.
Many new products use renewable raw materials or renewable energy to help achieve environmental protection and sustainable development
in many industries.

He revealed that Evonik will hold several signing ceremonies with local customers at CIIE and release the Evonik China Sustainability Practice Report to present the latest sustainability
practices.

Xia Fuliang said that Evonik hopes to deepen local cooperation with the global cooperation by taking advantage of the spillover effect of the Expo, and also looks forward to strengthening cooperation with governments, customers and business partners through the Expo, sharing new opportunities for green development and injecting new impetus
into the high-quality development of Evonik's business in China.