Research is a longstanding tradition at WACKER. Back in 1903, Alexander Wacker founded the “Consortium für die elektrochemische Industrie” – which serves as the Group’s central research facility to this day. WACKER invests over 5% of sales revenues in research, making it one of the chemical sector’s most research-intensive companies. Often, all you need at the beginning is an idea – that eventually becomes a marketable product. Read more here about inventions and innovations.