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Evonik Forms Glass Venture In Taiwan

by Jean-François Tremblay
October 12, 2009 | A version of this story appeared in Volume 87, Issue 41

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Credit: Evonik
Credit: Evonik

Evonik Industries has set up a joint venture with the Taiwanese firm Cristal Materials to produce lenses for light-emitting diodes. The venture will employ Evonik’s SiVara sol-gel technology, a process that uses fumed silica and organofunctional silanes to produce high-purity glass lenses in a variety of shapes (shown). Evonik foresees the market for LED-based lighting growing by 20% annually. Markets of interest include auto headlamps and water sterilization.

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