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WACKER’s new silicones lab in Moscow. It will test silicone elastomers and ready-to-use silicone compounds for key Russian industries, including the energy and automotive industry. WACKER also runs a technical center for polymeric binders in Moscow. It has been catering to the construction and dry-mix mortar industry for over a decade. (Photo: Wacker Chemie AG)

At the EWMA Conference 2016; WACKER is presenting SILPURAN^® 2114, SILPURAN^® 2122 and SILPURAN^® 2142. The silicone adhesives offer relatively high adhesion, as is required for traditional adhesive plasters, dressing retention materials and other traditional wound dressing products.

In cementitious sealing slurries, the new VINNAPAS^® 4040 E dispersible polymer powder ensures high tensile adhesive strength after prolonged water exposure and outstanding crack bridging – ideal prerequisites for use in water-repellent coatings of sewers, basements and swimming pools, or in bathrooms

Lab test of flame retardant properties: Paints and plasters formulated with the new dispersion VINNAPAS^® LL 3031 (left) are less combustible and burn more slowly compared to styrene-acrylate-based alternatives (right).

Determination of adhesion via peel test: Adhesives formulated with VINNAPAS^® EF 8860 are particularly rugged and long-lasting. This makes the new product an ideal dispersion base for flooring adhesives for flexible floor coverings such, especially for PVC floorings.