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Whether jam jars or fabric-softener bottles – countless everyday products bear labels. They are not applied by hand, of course, but with labeling machines. These can manage up to 18,000 labels in an hour. For this to work at such rapid speeds, WACKER has developed DEHESIVE^® SFX silicone coatings. They ensure that the label reliably bonds to the backing material, but easily peels off when needed.

Wood is one of the oldest building materials known to humans – and remains very popular to this day. A coating is used to provide wood with long-term protection against weathering. With SILRES^® WH, WACKER has developed a wood preservative which is perfectly suited to this role. SILRES^® WH is a silicone resin which covers the surface of the wood with a flexible, elastic film. This means that no moisture can penetrate the wood, even after years of exposure to sunlight and rain.

Bonding has several advantages over clamping, riveting, and screwing. Whether in a car or on a patio: bonds need to be flexible, but at the same time resistant to tearing or shearing. GENIOSIL^® XT - a new product range which does not require organotin catalysts or the addition of solvents - helps to meet these requirements.

Gypsum construction elements and materials have many advantages: they are environmentally friendly to manufacture and can be rapidly and inexpensively processed. But, when used in damp locations, gypsum must be made water repellent.
In SILRES^® BS Powder S, WACKER now has an active substance which achieves this water repellency more efficiently and reliably than those previously used.