Evonik adds silica capacity, plans 1,000 global job cuts

摘要

ESSEN, Germany—Evonik A.G. made two significant moves to its global operations. The firm will increase production capacity for precipitated silica at its site in Adapazari, Turkey, by 4,000 metric tons per year. It also disclosed in an unrelated move that it intends to cut up to 1,000 jobs globally by 2020 in a bid to reduce costs.