Evonik Industries is set to invest €100m to build world-scale plants to produce isophorone and isophorone diamine in Shanghai, China.
Isophorone is used in applications like paints and printing inks, while its derivative, isophorone diamine, is used as a hardener in epoxy based formulations.
Construction work on the site will begin in early 2012 and the plants are scheduled to go online in Q1, 2014.
Evonik currently manufactures isophorone chemistry products in Mobile, Alabama, USA, as well as in Marl and Herne, Germany.
The company sells the products under the trademarks of Vestamin, Vestanat, Vestagon and Vestasol.
