赢创工业集团于2016年8月3日表示,通过卓越运营和基础设施投资扩大了在美国阿拉巴马州Mobile甲醇钠装置能力至7.2万吨/年。这代表了甲醇钠扩张计划的第1阶段。该公司表示,使用甲醇钠占北美生物柴油生产的80%左右,甲醇钠成为进行大规模生物柴油生产所选择的催化剂。赢创也在德国和阿根廷拥有甲醇钠生产装置。 Evonik Industries Group stated on August 3, 2016 that it has expanded its mobile sodium methanol plant capacity to 72,000 tons/year through operational excellence and infrastructure investment in Alabama, USA. This represents the first phase of the sodium methoxide expansion plan. The company said that sodium methoxide accounts for about 80% of North American biodiesel production, and sodium methoxide has become the catalyst of choice for large-scale biodiesel production. Evonik also has sodium methoxide production facilities in Germany and Argentina.