Evonik To Create New Business & Innovation Center In Virginia
HOPEWELL, VA - Evonik Industries announced its plan to invest more than $15 million in its new Richmond Business & Innovation Center. The new center will create an estimated 50 jobs over the next five years for the Richmond, VA, area.
“This investment will enable Evonik to expand its current operations in the Greater Richmond area and preserve more than 130 jobs,” said Dr. Reinhold Brand, Senior Vice President and General Manager of Evonik's Consumer Specialties unit in North America. Brand said the research and development work at the new Richmond Business & Innovation Center is critical to the continued success of the company’s consumer specialties business.