Evonik & TUM

Cooperation between Evonik Operations GmbH and Technical University of Munich (TUM)

TUMint is the orga­niza­tio­nal unit of the coope­ra­ti­on bet­ween Evo­nik Ope­ra­ti­ons GmbH and the Tech­ni­cal Uni­ver­si­ty of Munich. In this con­text, TUMint acts sin­ce 2015 as an inter­me­dia­ry and com­pe­tent cont­act bet­ween Evo­nik Ope­ra­ti­ons GmbH and pro­fes­sors, sci­en­tists, high poten­ti­al, and pro­mi­sing start-ups at the Tech­ni­cal Uni­ver­si­ty of Munich in all pro­ject pha­ses.

It con­ti­nuous­ly eva­lua­tes the spe­ci­fic needs of Evo­nik Ope­ra­ti­ons GmbH and, on this basis, pro­mo­tes the exch­an­ge of tech­no­lo­gies and ide­as, arran­ges joint natio­nal and inter­na­tio­nal (rese­arch) pro­jects, redu­ces the admi­nis­tra­ti­ve bur­den on pro­ject part­ners and pro­vi­des access to talent and rele­vant start-ups.

In this way, it pro­mo­tes and inten­si­fies stra­te­gic coope­ra­ti­on bet­ween the two part­ners and enables the fas­ter crea­ti­on of inno­va­tions.

An annu­al sym­po­si­um repres­ents the suc­cessful part­ner­ship bet­ween Evo­nik Ope­ra­ti­ons GmbH and the Tech­ni­cal Uni­ver­si­ty of Munich (TUM), which pro­mo­tes inno­va­ti­on and coope­ra­ti­on for a sus­tainable future. This sym­po­si­um was last held on Octo­ber 21, 2025, in coope­ra­ti­on with the Munich Che­mi­cal Socie­ty.

Evonik MChG Symposium — hybrid lecture series with Munich Chemical Society (MChG)

Tuesday, 21. Oct. 2025, 17:00 h

Emil Erlenmeyer lecture hall, Chemistry building, TUM Campus Garching

Regis­tra­ti­on Evo­nik MChG Sym­po­si­um 2025

“Contributions to Energy Transition Technologies.”

Orga­ni­zed by the Munich Che­mi­cal Socie­ty (MChG), Evo­nik Indus­tries AG, TUM Inter­na­tio­nal GmbH — The Uni­ver­si­ty Com­pa­ny, and the TUM School of Natu­ral Sci­en­ces, the sym­po­si­um brings tog­e­ther lea­ding experts from aca­de­mia and indus­try to dis­cuss inno­va­ti­ve approa­ches for Ener­gy Tran­si­ti­on Tech­no­lo­gies.

The event will be ope­ned by Dr. Chris­toph Weck­be­cker, Head of Crea­vis at Evo­nik, and Prof. Dr. Roland Fischer, Pro­fes­sor for Inor­ga­nic and Orga­no­me­tal­lic Che­mis­try at TUM.

Prof. Dr. Tom Nil­ges, Head of TUM’s Che­mis­try Depart­ment, will give a wel­co­me speech that will set the tone for an exci­ting event fea­turing dis­cus­sions and know­ledge sha­ring.

Pre­sen­ta­ti­ons:

17:00 hWel­co­me at lec­tu­re hall
17:15 hWel­co­me Prof. Dr. Roland Fischer (MChG) & Dr. Chris­toph Weck­be­cker (Evo­nik)
17:20 hWel­co­me Prof. Dr. Tom Nil­ges, TUM Head of Che­mis­try depart­ment
17:25 h

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Micha­el Zav­rel, Pro­fes­sor of Biopro­cess Engi­nee­ring, Tech­ni­cal Uni­ver­si­ty of Munich, TUM Cam­pus Strau­bing

Dr. Sil­via Blank-Shim – Evo­nik Ope­ra­ti­ons GmbH, Pro­cess Engi­neer

“Towards More Sus­tainable Biopro­ces­ses via Elec­tro­che­mi­cal Sepa­ra­ti­on Methods – Oppor­tu­ni­ties and indus­tri­al exam­p­le”

18:05 h

Prof. Roland Fischer, Pro­fes­sor of Inor­ga­nic and Orga­no­me­tal­lic Che­mis­try, Tech­ni­cal Uni­ver­si­ty of Munich

“Smart coa­tings for metal anodes: Dra­stic exten­si­on of bat­tery life­time”

18:25 h

Prof. Johan­na Eich­horn, Pro­fes­sor of Nan­os­ca­le Micro­sco­py and Spec­tro­sco­py of Ener­gy Mate­ri­als, Tech­ni­cal Uni­ver­si­ty of Munich

“Inter­faces, Sur­faces, and Defects in pho­to­elec­tro­che­mi­cal ener­gy mate­ri­als”

18:45 h

Dr. Pier Fran­ces­co Capo­ni – Evo­nik Ope­ra­ti­ons GmbH, Spe­cial­ty Addi­ti­ves

“Small amount, big effect — whe­re Evo­nik OI addi­ti­ves boost cus­to­mer pro­ces­ses in lithi­um ion bat­tery pro­duc­tion”

19:05 hWrap-up and clo­sing remarks fol­lo­wed by drinks and snacks

 

Our reference projects

Joint events and workshops

TUMint orga­ni­zes working dis­cus­sions, inno­va­ti­on work­shops with rese­ar­chers from Evo­nik and chair­hol­ders from the Tech­ni­cal Uni­ver­si­ty of Munich, and hosts joint col­lo­quia, forums and visits with inter­na­tio­nal par­ti­ci­pa­ti­on.

Research and innovation management

Within the frame­work of the coope­ra­ti­on, joint rese­arch pro­jects with high appli­ca­ti­on poten­ti­al and par­ti­cu­lar social rele­van­ce are initia­ted. The focus here is on new mate­ri­als and pro­ces­ses for appli­ca­ti­ons in the ener­gy sec­tor, medi­cal tech­no­lo­gy and pla­s­tics pro­ces­sing, for exam­p­le.

Start-up Scouting

TUMint arran­ges coope­ra­ti­ons with inno­va­ti­ve start-ups world­wi­de, also out­side  Tech­ni­sche Uni­ver­si­tät Mün­chen, and coor­di­na­tes joint pro­jects with tech­no­lo­gy foun­ders.

Continuous project and topic scouting

As a joint think tank, the coope­ra­ti­on eva­lua­tes inno­va­ti­on topics from a sci­en­ti­fic and eco­no­mic per­spec­ti­ve, iden­ti­fies future oppor­tu­ni­ties in spe­cial­ty che­mi­cals and deve­lo­ps new sys­tem solu­ti­ons.

Central contact

TUMint is the cen­tral cont­act for all coope­ra­ti­on topics bet­ween Evo­nik and the Tech­ni­cal Uni­ver­si­ty of Munich. It can be rea­ched via the fol­lo­wing email address: neuhofen@tum-international.com.