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German chemical company Wacker officially ramped up its new production plant for vinyl acetate-ethylene copolymer (VAE) dispersions at its Nanjing site (Jiangsu province, China). With the additional 60,000 metric tons from the second reactor line, the local VAE dispersion capacit...
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Wacker Chemie is strengthening its presence in South America, and has inaugurated its expanded technical center, including training center, near São Paulo, Brazil. The new regional competence center for South America combines research and development, applications technology, and...
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Wacker Chemie has officially launched its new production plant for vinyl acetate-ethylene copolymer (VAE) dispersions at its Ulsan site in South Korea. The additional 40,000 metric tons from the second reactor line increases the site’s VAE-dispersion capacity to a total of 90,000...
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The Munich-based chemical company Wacker wants to strengthen its position as a supplier of silicon and polymer products in the growth market China. There for Wacker has opened a new company headquarters for the Greater China region (Mainland China and Taiwan) in Shanghai with lab...
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Wacker has recently confirmed the death of two construction workers at a Wacker Polysilicon plant in Bradley County, Tennessee, USA. Both were reportedly hit by falling scaffolding during the night of the October 10th and were were pronounced dead at the scene by local emergency ...
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Wacker expands its production capacity for vinyl acetate-ethylene copolymer (VAE) dispersions with a new 40,000 tons/year production at Ulsan/South Korea. This measure will almost double Ulsan’s VAE dispersion capacity, making the enlarged production complex one of the biggest of...
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Speciality chemicals company Wacker has successfully completed the expansion and relocation of its technical laboratories and offices in South Korea, recently inaugurated the upgraded technical center, with integrated training facility, near the capital Seoul. The regional compet...
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Wacker is expanding its Chinese polymer activities by investing around €40 million in building two new production facilities at its Nanjing site.
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With a US $ 1 million property tax abatement underway, Wacker is about to announce expansion plans for its facility near Charleston, Tennessee, insiders believe.
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Wacker, the Munich-based chemicals group, is deepening its ties with the Spanish silicones compounder Siliconas Silam in Zumaia/Basque Region. The two companies recently signed an agreement to that effect. Under its terms, Siliconas Silam may sell products made from Wacker silico...
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Siltronic, Wacker Chemie AG’s semiconductor division, intends to streamline its 200 mm wafer production capacities. As a result, Siltronic plans to close its production site in Hikari, Japan, by mid-2012. The production volumes shall be transferred to existing plants in Singapor...
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The Munich-based chemical group Wacker has set up a compounding plant at its joint venture site Wacker Metroark Chemicals near Kolkata, at West Bengal, for manufacturing ready-to-use silicone elastomers.
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Wacker opens a new, jointly operated, sales office in Chennai India together with Indian Metroark.
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Wacker started operating several silicone-polymer production lines at its Burghausen site in Germany.
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Wacker Chemie officially started construction work on a fully integrated polysilicon-production site in the USA. The groundbreaking ceremony was attended by numerous representatives from politics, business and local government. Wacker’s CEO Rudolf Staudigl and Tennessee Governor ...
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Wacker Chemie has decided to expand its production facilities for hyperpure polysilicon at its Burghausen and Nünchritz sites in Germany.
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Wacker officially inaugurated its new silicone polymer plant at Zhangjiagang. The plant manufactures not only intermediates, but also downstream silicone products, including fluids.
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Wacker has opened a new production facility for pharmaceutical proteins (biologics) in Jena.
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Wacker Chemie has developed a patented E. coli strain for extracellular production of pharmaceutical proteins. The system transports proteins in functional conformation through the outer cell membrane into the culture medium. This proprietary technology provides the basis for cos...
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