Evonik is a German chemicals, energy and real estate business. It owns the chemicals business formerly known as Degussa.
The Chemicals Business Area of Evonik was known as Degussa GmbH until 2007. It is a multinational chemistry corporation based in Dￃﾼsseldorf, Germany. Degussa employed about 45,000 people. It is Germany's third largest chemistry company and the world's largest producer of specialty chemicals. Degussa was acquired by Ruhrkohle ...
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Evonik is a German chemicals, energy and real estate business. It owns the chemicals business formerly known as Degussa.
The Chemicals Business Area of Evonik was known as Degussa GmbH until 2007. It is a multinational chemistry corporation based in Dￃﾼsseldorf, Germany. Degussa employed about 45,000 people. It is Germany's third largest chemistry company and the world's largest producer of specialty chemicals. Degussa was acquired by Ruhrkohle AG in 2006.
The name Degussa is an acronym of ￢ﾀﾞDe'utsche Gold- und Silber-Scheide-A'nstalt￢ﾀﾜ ("German Gold and Silver Metals Separating Works"). The purification of precious metals was one of the central parts of Degussa.
In 2003 Degussa was involved in a major controversy surrounding its involvement in the construction of the "Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe" (also known as "Holocaust Memorial") in Berlin. Degussa produced the anti-graffiti substance Protectosil used to cover the stelae which are the major element in the...
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