Evonik Industries (Essen, Germany) has completed the relocation and expansion of its precious metal powder catalyst plant in Shanghai Chemical Industrial Park (SCIP). Production is scheduled to commence in Q4, 2023.
Precious metal powder catalysts are widely used in industrial chemicals, life sciences, and fine chemicals and are sold under Evonik’s Noblyst® P brand name.
The new state-of-the-art plant fulfills not only international safety and quality standards but builds on Evonik Catalysts’ expertise in this technology platform. This enables the optimized production of customized products and a higher standardization of the established operation processes, leading to increased quality consistency for customers.
With this new plant, Evonik has completed the upgrade of its global network of five precious metal catalyst plants that offer the complete package, from catalyst customization and joint development to catalyst manufacturing and precious metal management & refining services.