At CIGRE 2010 (Conseil International des Grand Reseaux Électriques), WACKER, the Munich-based chemical group, will be introducing a new silicone curing technology for applications in the transmission and distribution industry called POWERSIL^® UV.

Wacker Chemie AG ended Q2 2010 with a new sales record, primarily thanks to much higher sales volumes.

Wacker Chemie AG bestowed its annual Alexander Wacker Innovation Award on Dr. Georg Pietsch and Michael Kerstan yesterday for the development of a novel grinding process for semiconductor wafers.