Markets & Regions
Some innovations are especially effective when they are used in a certain location. Evonik operates in 100 countries all over the globe. In this section we report on the close connections between innovations and places.

Global market
Surfactants: Facts and figures
Many everyday products contain surfactants. The global market is changing – an overview.

Biosurfactants
Sustainable Hygiene
Evonik and Unilever have developed a surfactant based on rhamnolipids. It is highly efficient and completely degradable.

Food production
Agriculture: Facts and figures
The amount of resources required by agriculture, how much surface area it requires—and how the harvests are used.

Evonik Country
Brazil
A photo tour through the world’s fifth-largest country—a land of superlatives that has more mobile phone contracts than inhabitants.

Start-up culture
The world's most innovative places
Apart from Silicon Valley, where are the world’s innovation hotspots that offer startups a fertile environment?

Singapore
Asia's innovation hub
What makes this city-state’s culture so special? We paid a visit to this small country with great ambitions.

High-tech plastics
Less CO₂ in natural gas
High-tech membranes help to exploit natural gas fields with a high CO₂ content.

Lightweight and resilient
Multi-talented plastic
Lighter than steel, flexible, corrosion-resistant: three reasons for the success of polyamide 12, underground and in your car.

Evonik Country
Argentina
Argentina combines state-of-the-art urban living with rural idylls: Impressions from this Evonik country in South America.

Evonik Country
Norway
Norway is an innovation-driven country and a leading exporter – a promising market for Evonik.

Evonik Country
India
This country is characterized by diversity, tradition, and confidence in the future.

Evonik Country
Slovakia
Of ice hockey, impressive mountains, and big ambitions: Impressions from the Evonik country Slovakia.