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Cairo Television Tower

The extensive renovation of the Cairo Tower demanded the highest standards of quality for plaster, mortar, adhesive and grout additives. WACKER experts helped to develop formulations containing specialized VINNAPAS^{^®} polymer powders that now protect the television tower from heat, dryness and wind (photo: EKY).

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Cairo Television Tower

The high-tech renovation of the world’s tallest all-concrete tower was carried out using VINNAPAS^{^®} polymer powders from WACKER. The Cairo Tower now shines with renewed splendor (Foto: EKY)

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Stetten salt mine - Spray Concrete

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.

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Zhangjiagang - Packaging pyrogenic silica

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.

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