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New plant for specialty monomers at WACKER’s Burghausen site. Specialty monomers are important raw materials in the manufacture of specialty dispersible polymer powders. WACKER invested some €8 million in the new plant and, as a result, has strengthened its position as the world’s biggest producer of dispersible polymer powders.

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)

Color space measurements of proofs printed on coated paperboard: the newly developed VINNAPAS^® EF 104 confers excellent print images on the end product and is thus an ideal binder for coatings used for offset, roto and flexo printing of coated paperboard packaging, for example for personal care and pharma products, or food and beverage packaging.

Therapeutic protein production at WACKER’s Halle site. In 2013, Wacker Biotech GmbH, a wholly-owned Wacker Chemie AG subsidiary, acquired the production plants. The acquisition was an important step for WACKER, enabling it to support its customers in the pharmaceutical sector not only during clinical trials, but during the market supply phase, too

WACKER’s production facility in Calvert City: The plant complex is the biggest of its kind outside of Europe. With the expansion, WACKER is meeting the globally rising demand for its dispersions and dispersible powders