From elements to excellence
Chemistry is all about making the right connections and combinations. When you put different molecules together, you can create amazing chemical compounds. You can create amazing effects by smartly combining innovative additives and chemical products. And when Evonik adds smart people who are passionate about creating lasting impact, you get Smart Effects – the integrated powerhouse that goes beyond molecules and particles.
Our expertise and commitment
Smart Effects is the powerful combination of our silica and silane technology expertise and processes. Evonik is the only company to provide precipitated and fumed silica, metal oxides, and specialty silanes from a single source – and in consistently high quality.
With our customers in mind, we are unleashing our full potential to create innovative solutions with great performance, the highest quality, and improved sustainability. Because being smart means having a positive impact on both our customers’ businesses and our planet.
Our sustainable and efficient solutions
We achieve this by focusing on the manifold synergies in joint silica and silane customer applications, technical processes, and assets networks. It’s part of our DNA to create system solutions that have a positive effect, both economically and sustainably. Our Silica/Silane System, for example, has revolutionized the tire industry: it has been the key to modern tires that save fuel and make driving safer and more sustainable, thanks to low rolling resistance, excellent wet grip and good abrasion resistance.
Other focus industries with innovative solutions include building protection, semiconductors, oral care, and lithium-ion batteries in electric vehicles.
Our innovations for a better future
Driving positive change together with our customers is what gets us out of bed every day. Our expertise is leading to great innovations, such as new CO2 adsorbents for Direct Air Capture (DAC), and our patented water-based silanes with low VOC emissions. We can contribute to a lower CO2 footprint in tire production with silica and silanes derived from rice husk ash, an agricultural waste product, produced exclusively with green energy. And a novel Silica/Silane formulation for fuel-saving, durable, and safe “Green Truck Tires” is a game-changer, not only for its environmental benefits but also for its superior performance.
Our global production, support and innovation network
Smart Effects shows a global presence and supports our customers in more than one hundred countries with local sales teams and regional technology centers. Secure supply is a top priority by a unique asset network on all continents. Our Smart Effects people work closely together globally and are driven by a desire to deliver exceptional value to our customers in line with our name: to be smart and to have a sustainable impact.