Süd-Chemie (www.sud-chemie.com) is an independent specialty chemical company head-quartered in Munich and operating on a worldwide scale. Key markets served by its Adsorb-ents Division include the consumer-goods, packaging and foundry industries, as well as the paper and plastics industries. Products manufactured by the Catalysts Division offer solu-tions for water treatment, petrochemicals processing, energy storage and hydrogen produc-tion, as well as off-gas purification. The common denominator of all its products and innova-tions is the efficient and sparing use of natural resources to enhance the quality of life for humans and the environment. Sales of €862 million were generated in 2004, almost 80% of these outside Germany. Süd-Chemie employs more than 5,100 people at its 62 sales and production sites around the world.
