Evonik Industries supports patient-friendly health care with a number of product developments for the pharmaceutical industry and medical technology. The company is contracted by pharmaceutical companies to produce active ingredient precursors, active ingredients and highly potent active ingredients under strict quality specifications. Evonik also produces pharmaceutical amino acids that are used in life-saving infusions and in the production of active pharmaceutical ingredients. Additionally, the company offers technology appropriate for the body, such as tablet coatings that release active ingredients at a precisely specified time to optimize efficacy. Evonik Industries is headquartered in Essen, Germany and owned by RAG Foundation.