Evonik’s Industrial Chemicals Business Unit raises prices for hydrogen peroxide in Europe
Evonik announces a price increase of 85 – 120 € per metric ton (100% basis) in Europe for all grades of hydrogen peroxide. The price increase applies with immediate effect.
The cost of major raw materials, energy and logistics have increased substantially in previous months making it necessary for Evonik to pass on these increased costs.
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Evonik Industries is the creative industrial group from Germany which operates in three business areas: Chemicals, Energy and Real Estate. Evonik is a global leader in specialty chemicals, an expert in power generation from hard coal and renewable energies, and one of the largest private residential real estate companies in Germany. Our strengths are creativity, specialization, continuous self-renewal, and reliability. Evonik is active in over 100 countries around the world. In its fiscal year 2007 about 43,000 employees generated sales of about €14.4 billion and an operating profit (EBIT) of more than €1.3 billion.
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