Evonik Breaks Ground on Methacrylates Plant.

Evonik Industries, formerly Degussa, says it has broken ground on a previously announced integrated methacrylates manufacturing complex at the company's "multi-user" site at Caojing, near Shanghai. Total investment is Eu250 million. The complex will have capacity to produce 100,000 m.t./year of methyl methacrylates, as well as undisclosed capacity for methacrylic acid, butyl …