New operating company SYNEQT launches on schedule

Anke van Holt, Patrick Diering, Jürgen Sestendrup, Melanie Brieskorn, Karsten John, Christian Loges and Rabea Buß (from left) join around 3,500 colleagues at SYNEQT.

With around 3,500 employees and a turnover of around € 1.8 billion, SYNEQT is one of the largest providers of services in the process industry in North Rhine-Westphalia. The company also ranks among the top players nationwide. Since the beginning of the year, SYNEQT has been bundling the infrastructure activities of the Marl and Wesseling chemical parks.

The company has extensive experience in all services related to chemical plants and other process industries. Its areas of expertise include technical services, energy supply, pipeline construction and operation, secure building and plant management, waste disposal, port operations, plant logistics and firefighting, as well as plant security and canteen operations.

‘SYNEQT is stronger thanks to the joint positioning of our two sites in Marl and Wesseling and, by focusing on its actual core business - infrastructure services - it can serve a larger customer base more effectively in a competitive environment,’ says Thomas Wessel, member of the Executive Board of Evonik responsible for the Infrastructure segment.

The new company also creates the conditions for developing the Marl and Wesseling sites into climate-neutral and highly flexible industrial ecosystems in the long term. SYNEQT opens up opportunities to leverage synergies and attract new customers through innovative services. SYNEQT was launched at the beginning of the year as a wholly owned subsidiary of Evonik. In the future, investors of various sizes may be able to join the company in order to tap into further growth opportunities for the business.

Evonik has been both the operator and user of the chemical parks in Marl and Wesseling to date. In future, the Group intends to focus more strongly on its core business, chemical production. Evonik published the first details of the planned launch of SYNEQT last summer.

The Ruhr area and Rhineland are two established, strong regions for the chemical industry in Germany. This creates growth opportunities within the existing chemical parks. In addition to the high overall level of service, there is also good infrastructure. Marl and Wesseling already operate an industrial hydrogen network and are connected to important raw material and energy pipelines. ‘The start of the 2026 World Cup year is also the starting point for the infrastructure service provider SYNEQT. I know that we are entering this as a team with a wealth of experience, motivation and capability,’ says Thomas Basten, spokesperson for the SYNEQT management board.

Evonik Chief Human Resources Officer and Labour Director Thomas Wessel (left) with the three managing directors Andreas Orwat, Thomas Basten and Daniel Brünink (from left to right) of SYNEQT at the brand launch in Marl at the end of August. Dr. Arndt Selbach, Head of Site Operations Wesseling, with Evonik Chief Human Resources Officer and Labour Director Thomas Wessel and Thomas Basten, Spokesman for the Management Board of SYNEQT, at the end of August in Wesseling (from left to right)

Marl Chemical Park:

• A total of almost 20 companies are based here, including companies from the chemical industry as well as the environmental/recycling and energy sectors
• Evonik's largest production site worldwide
• Around 10,000 people work at the Marl Chemical Park
• Approximately 6 km² of land, 55 km of road network, 100 km of rail network, 1,200 km of pipelines
• Around 900 buildings, approximately 100 production facilities
• Internet: Chemiepark-Marl.de

Dr Arndt Selbach, Head of Site Operations Wesseling, with Evonik Chief Human Resources Officer and Labour Director Thomas Wessel and Thomas Basten, Spokesman for the Management Board of SYNEQT, in Wesseling at the end of August (from left to right).

Wesseling Chemical Park:

• A total of five companies located here, focusing on the chemical industry and chemical-specific infrastructure
• Important production site for Evonik, for example for silica and precursors for animal feed additives
• Around 1,450 people work in a total of ten companies at the Wesseling Chemical Park
• Located in the Rhineland Chemical Triangle directly on the Rhine (south of Cologne)
• Internet: Chemiepark-Wesseling.de

Evonik: Leading beyond chemistry
Evonik goes beyond the boundaries of chemistry with its combination of innovative strength and leading technological expertise. Based in Essen, Germany, the chemical company is active in more than 100 countries and generated sales of € 15.2 billion and earnings (adjusted EBITDA) of € 2.1 billion in 2024. The common drive of its approximately 32,000 employees is to provide customers with a decisive competitive advantage through tailor-made products and solutions that serve as a superpower for industry—and thereby improve people's lives. In all markets. Every day.

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