International. Evonik Industries announced that it is building a new production plant for special copolyesters at its Witten headquarters in Germany. As binders for paints, special copolyesters are used in coil coatings and, most often, in food can coatings.
The company reported that it is investing a high sum in millions of euros in the plant, which will have an annual production capacity of several thousand metric tons. It is scheduled to be completed in 2018. The investment will create around ten new jobs in Witten, where the group currently has around 250 employees.
Dr. Ralph Sven Kaufmann, Evonik Executive Board Member and Chief Operating Officer, said, "We continue to expand our polyester platform to strengthen our position as an innovative supplier of high-quality metal coating materials in an attractive growth market." A driver in this market is the trend towards resin-free coatings that do not contain bisphenol A."
Dr. Dietmar Wewers, head of the coatings and adhesive resins business line at Evonik, said: "As a solutions partner of the coatings and packaging industry, we are committed to supporting the growth of our customers. We offer sustainable products to meet customer needs. "Special copolyesters are the main component of coatings that have the right balance between flexibility and hardness. That bottle of food coatings provide good sterilization resistance, proper rigidity and protection.
