Products and investments

Products, customers and applications

Operating division

 

Products

Customer industries and applications

Catalysts

 

Automotive and process catalysts

Battery materials

Precious and base metal services

Automotive and chemical industries, refineries, battery manufacturers

Solutions for the protection of air quality as well as the production of fuels, chemicals, plastics and battery materials

Construction Chemicals

 

Concrete admixtures, cement additives, underground construction solutions, flooring systems, sealants, solutions for the protection and repair of concrete, high-performance mortars and grouts, tile-laying systems, exterior insulation and finishing systems, expansion joints, wood protection

Cement and concrete producers, construction companies, craftspeople, builders’ merchants

Solutions for new building construction, maintenance, repair and renovation of commercial and residential buildings as well as infrastructure

Coatings

 

Coatings solutions for automotive applications, technology and system solutions for surface treatments, decorative paints

Automotive industry, body shops, steel industry, aviation, aluminum applications in the architecture and construction industries, household appliances, painting businesses and private consumers

Performance Materials

 

Engineering plastics, biodegradable plastics, standard foams, foam specialties, polyurethanes

Automotive manufacture, electrical engineering, packaging, games, sports and leisure, household, mechanical engineering, construction, medical technology, sanitation and water industry, solar thermal energy and photovoltaics

Investments

Location

 

Project

Startup

Brighton, Colorado

 

Capacity expansion: plant for sealants

2019

Dahej, India

 

Capacity expansion: for Cellasto®

2019

Gimcheon, South Korea

 

Construction: plant for Ultraform®

2018

Greenville, Ohio

 

Capacity expansion: resin plant

2019

Hamm, Germany

 

Capacity expansion: logistics for floor installation systems

2018

Ludwigshafen, Germany

 

Construction: specialty zeolites plant for emissions catalysts

2019

Münster, Germany

 

Construction: plant for functional film coatings

2018

Onoda, Japan

 

Capacity expansion: plant for cathode materials

2017

Rayong, Thailand

 

Construction: plant for automotive emissions catalysts

2018

Shanghai, China

 

Construction: chemical catalysts plant

2017

 

 

Construction: automotive coatings plant

2017

 

 

Construction: technical competence center for automotive coatings

2018

Schwarzheide, Germany

 

Capacity expansion: compounding plant for Ultramid® and Ultradur®

2017

S´roda S´la˛ska, Poland

 

Capacity expansion: plant for emissions catalysts

2020

Tultitlán, Mexico

 

Capacity expansion: automotive coatings plant

2018

Yangon, Myanmar

 

Construction: plant for concrete additives

2017

Yeosu, South Korea

 

Capacity expansion: plant for Ultrason®

2017