Evonik expands commercial and lab space at US facility
Specialty chemical company Evonik Industries has inaugurated a new facility in North America, its Richmond Business and Innovation Center. Along with other company executives and local, regional and state dignitaries, Evonik Industries’ executive board chairman Dr. Klaus Engel cut the ribbon for the new US$15.4 million facility on 21 July. With the new facility, Evonik more than doubles its laboratory and commercial space in the Greater Richmond area, and is expected to add 50 jobs there over the next five years.