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The chemical company WACKER has considerably expanded its production capacity for functional silicone fluids at its Burghausen site. The investment measure was driven by the rising global demand for specialty fluids and silicone emulsions in the construction, coating, paper, cosmetics and personal care industries.

At the K 2016 Trade Fair for Rubber and Plastics, WACKER, the Munich-based chemical company, will present LUMISIL^® 590 und LUMISIL^® 591, two highly transparent LED encapsulants. They have a refractive index of 1.53 which boosts the efficiency of the lighting unit. They also protect the LED chip from damage and corrosive gases which prolongs its service life.

The Munich-based WACKER Group received the award for its CHEM2DO experiment kit: Angela Papenburg from GP Günter Papenburg AG (left) and Iris Gleicke, Parliamentary State Secretary at the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (right), presenting the award to the chemical company. Angelika Bader and Joachim Zdzieblo from Corporate Communications at Wacker Chemie AG accepting the award. (Photo: SCHULEWIRTSCHAFT/www.berlin-event-foto.de).

The Burghausen choir “Die Konradis” is donating in excess of €5,000 in sales from its benefit concert in order to support the WACKER Relief Fund’s chosen project in Nepal. Mirko Kappelhoff, chairman of the fund’s board of directors (middle) accepted the donation check at this year’s traditional honors ceremony for long-serving employees at the staff building in Burghausen.

The new VAE-based dispersion VINNAPAS^® EF8181 allows for the for-mulation of high-quality low-emission and low-odor interior paints.