Evonik To Implement Surcharge To Cover Cost Increases    

PARSIPPANY, N.J., July 22, 2008 - Evonik Degussa Corporation will apply a surcharge to all deliveries of its High Performance Polymers and Monomers effective August 1, 2008 until further notice.  

This surcharge needs to be implemented to cover the dramatic increases of raw material, energy and transpor­tation costs witnessed during the last few months. Depending on the specific product line, a US Dollar/lbs. amount will be added to all invoices. Customers will be indi­vidually informed about the surcharge rates they will be charged with.  

The High Performance Polymers Business Line focuses on the production of customized products, semi-finished products, and systems based on high-performance polymers. It currently employs more than 1,000 people in Marl, Germany, and at the production sites of Darmstadt and Witten, Germany; Lenzing, Austria; Magnolia, Arkansas; Aboshi, Japan; and Changchun, China. It also has access to a worldwide sales and marketing network that includes the hubs of Marl, Shanghai, China and Parsippany, N. J.  

Company information
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 Euro 14.4 billion and an operating profit (EBIT) of more than Euro 1.3 billion.

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