Süd-Chemie is a highly-innovative, specialty chemicals company headquartered in Munich. With its two Business Units of Functional Materials and Catalysis & Energy, the Süd-Chemie Group, which has around 6,400 employees, generates total sales of more than 1.2 billion euros. Süd-Chemie holds an extremely strong position on global markets, more than 80 percent of Group sales being realised with customers outside Germany. It systematically exploits the potential offered by fast-growing regions, notably in Southeast Asia and the Middle East.