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Biomass Balance

Biomass balanced method

WACKER is the world’s first manufacturer capable of using renewable resources to produce commercial quantities not only of dispersions based on vinyl acetate-ethylene copolymer (VAE), but also of further products based on vinyl acetate. To do so, the company uses a certified biomass balanced method for acetic acid, generated as a byproduct in the woodworking industry.

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Draining Test

The new silane-based binder SILRES® BS 6921 is suited to the production of stone carpets and pervious systems thanks to its adhesive strength and flexibility. (Photo: WACKER)

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WACKER_Fehling’s test

Animations about the experiments enhance chemical understanding: A still from an animation on Fehling’s test.

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WACKER_VINNEVA_CLIMATIC CHAMBER

the flexibility of a polymer-modified bitumen emulsion is tested at low temperatures in a climatic chamber at WACKER’s applications laboratory.

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WACKER Innovation Award 2018

Alexander Wacker Innovation Award 2018

WACKER Executive Board member Dr. Christian Hartel (right) and Dr. Christoph Kowitz (left), head of corporate R&D, with this year’s winners of the Alexander Wacker Innovation Award Dr. Volker Stanjek (second from left) and Dr. Lars Zander. (Photo: Wacker Chemie AG)

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