Evonik joint venture brings additional production capacity in Korea

– Evonik Industries and Headwaters of South Jordan, Utah, USA, have substantially increased production capacity for hydrogen peroxide at the facility operated by their joint venture EvonikHeadwaters in Ulsan, Korea. The joint venture acquired this facility from the Finnish company Kemira Oyi, Helsinki, in 2006. Using proprietary technology from Evonik, it has more than doubled capacity from the original level of 34,000 metric tons p.a. within a year. The hydrogen peroxide produced in Ulsan will be supplied to customers in Korea and to the adjacent facility operated by the Seoul-based company SKC. In the next few months, SKC will start up one of the world’s first production facilities for propylene oxide based on the HPPO process in Ulsan. Hydrogen peroxide and propylene are the starting products for this process. SKC has acquired a license for the HPPO process, which was developed by Evonik and Uhde, Dortmund, Germany.