MOSCOW (MRC) -- The Munich-based Wacker Group has expanded its production capacity for functional silicone fluids at its Burghausen site, reported the company on its site.
With the new expansion stage, which came on stream in early January, Wacker is meeting the rising global demand for specialty fluids and silicone emulsions in the coatings, paper, textile, cosmetics and personal care industries. Functional silicone fluids serve as important precursors here. Investments in the expansion amount to around EUR26 million.
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.
The expansion measure is of particular importance for Wacker Silicones. At the performance silicones plant in Burghausen, the precursor siloxane and other raw materials are used to make highly specialized functional silicone fluids. They are important starting materials for antifoam, impregnating and release agents and for additives for the construction, coatings, paper, cosmetics and personal care industries.
The expansion is increasing the plant’s total production capacity by around 70%.
As part of the capacity expansion, production processes were optimized further. Silicone fluids can now be produced even more efficiently with even higher purity.
As MRC wrote before, in 2013, Wacker Chemie AG officially launched its new production plant for ethylene-vinyl-acetate copolymer (EVA) dispersions at its Ulsan site in South Korea. The additional 40,000 tonnes from the second reactor line increases the site's EVA-dispersion capacity to a total of 90,000 tonnes per year. The production capacity of the site has, thus, almost doubled, making the plant complex one of the biggest of its kind in South Korea.
Wacker Chemie AG is a worldwide operating company in the chemical business, founded 1914. The company is controlled by the Wacker-family holding more than 50 percent of the shares. The corporation is operating more than 25 production sites in Europe, Asia, and the Americas. The product range includes silicone rubbers, polymer products like ethylene vinyl acetate redispersible polymer powder, chemical materials, polysilicon and wafers for semiconductor industry.
MRC