TAGS: Sealants
Evonik starts the production at the new multi-purpose silicones manufacturing facility in Geesthacht, Germany. The facility is fully operational after completing final commissioning tests and gaining the necessary authority approvals. Evonik engineers carried out small batch runs, and the essential safety assessments required for production to start, despite the added complexity posed by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Production of Silicones and Silyl-terminated Polymers (SMPs)
The manufacturing facility is producing the silicones and silyl-terminated polymers (SMPs) used in parquet adhesive flooring, liquid membranes for roofing and electrical potting applications. The extra production capacities will provide Evonik customers with a faster and more reliable supply of products, and a wider choice of products such as innovative nanotechnologies.
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Fortunately, we commissioned the facility’s new tank farm before the full impact of the COVID-19 virus was realized, but still had testing to do before we could be fully operational,” said Dr. Sabine Giessler-Blank, head of the polymer and construction specialties product line.
The new facility strengthens Evonik’s innovation capabilities and the focus on silicone and nanotechnology specialty chemical products. The specialty chemical products include addition-curing silicones, SMPs used as binders for adhesives and sealants in parquet adhesives, adhesives for wound care or other medical applications and in electronics in thermally conductive polymer filling compounds for e-mobility.
Source: Evonik