Evonik vestate ® s curing agent won the automobile lightweight Green Technology Innovation Award

The 13th international automobile lightweight technology and material technology innovation and application summit was concluded The summit was hosted by the international automobile lightweight Green Technology Alliance (ialta) Evonik vestate ® s curing agent won the award, which helped the breakthrough of epoxy SMC technology and the world's leading special chemical company with great potential of weight reduction and emission reduction - Evonik industrial group with excellent vestate ® performance S curing agent won the "automobile lightweight Green Technology Innovation Award" Every year, the international automotive lightweight Green Technology Alliance (ialta) recognizes the technology innovation companies that have made outstanding contributions to the global automotive lightweight and green technology innovation applications In December 2019, the 13th international automobile lightweight technology and material technology innovation and application summit hosted by ialta was held in Hefei, China At the meeting, 2019 "automobile lightweight Green Technology Innovation Award" was awarded Nine solutions were nominated this time After each company introduced its innovative products to the judges and audience, the final award-winning products were produced through OEM voting and judges' evaluation The "automobile lightweight Green Technology Innovation Award" issued by ialta aims to recognize technologies that significantly promote automobile energy saving, emission reduction and safety, as well as the application of lightweight automobile materials Li Shuanghu, technical manager of Evonik, said that Evonik vestate ® s curing agent was developed for the automotive industry to meet the increasingly stringent requirements of lightweight design and air quality in vehicles "The combination of vestate ® s curing agent and epoxy resin enables SMC materials to be processed in a simple and rapid way when used in structural lightweight applications, and minimizes emissions," said Leif ickert, MD of engineering, who is responsible for the marketing of composite materials and adhesives in Evonik's crosslinker business line The epoxy curing agent vestate ® s improves the technical properties and processability of high performance sheet molding compounds (SMC) The product is conducive to the realization of higher design freedom, and makes SMC composite suitable for electric vehicles and lightweight structures About Evonik Evonik, a leading specialty chemicals company in the world Focusing on special chemical business, customer-oriented innovation ability and corporate culture advocating trust and performance constitute the strategic core of Evonik, which promotes its continuous profitable growth and realizes higher corporate value In addition, Evonik's development also benefits from its close customer relationship and market leading position Evonik operates in more than 100 countries and regions around the world with more than 32000 employees In fy2018, Evonik generated sales of about 13.3 billion euros and operating profit (adjusted EBITDA) of 2.15 billion euros Evonik regards China as one of the main drivers of global economic development, and strives to achieve continuous growth of its business in China At present, we have more than 2500 employees and 10 production bases in China