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WACKER produces cyclodextrins at its Eddyville site (USA). The ring-shaped sugar molecules bio-engineered from starch are used in the pharma, household, cosmetics, food, construction and agrochemical sectors as well as for producing novel surfaces with self-healing properties.

Polymer-modified concrete is sprayed onto the walls in the Stetten salt mine to stabilize the tunnel and to act as a barrier to water seepage. The innovative formulation reduces the rebound during spray application, and so minimizes waste and material consumption.

Packaging line in the pyrogenic silica plant at Zhangjiagang (China). Pyrogenic silica is used as an active filler in silicone elastomers, as a viscosity-adjusting agent in coatings, printing inks, adhesives, unsaturated polyester resins and plastisols or as a flow aid, for example in the cosmetics, pharmaceutical and food-processing industries.

Production plant for pyrogenic silica at Zhangjiagang (China). The new plant is a key facility of this integrated silicone manufacturing site.

At the Zhangjiagang site, WACKER manufactures silicone products for the Chinese market. Covering an area of 1 million square meters, the site located at the Yangtze river in the Jiangsu Province is China’s largest facility of this kind and among the world’s largest and most advanced integrated production complexes for silicones.