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Evonik Acquires Porocel for $210 Million to Accelerate Catalysts Business Growth

Acquisition of Porocel gives Evonik access to catalyst rejuvenation technology and to available production capacity.

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By: Anthony Locicero

Copy editor, New York Post

Evonik is acquiring the Porocel Group for $210 million to accelerate the growth of its catalysts business.    Based in Houston, Porocel offers a technology for highly efficient rejuvenation of desulfurization catalysts, which are in increasing demand to produce low-sulfur fuel.    Rejuvenation reduces carbon-dioxide emissions by more than 50% compared with the production of new desulfurization catalysts.    Also, Porocel has available production capacity, enabling Evonik to speed up ...

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