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The headquarters of WACKER POLYMERS in the USA – research and application development spread across 6,200 square meters
Climate change is impacting people’s everyday lives around the world. And it’s also impacting the way we build. How do stucco finishes cope with hot, dry spells? And, as severe weather increasingly becomes the norm, what are the implications for road construction? These and similar questions are best answered from a global perspective. At WACKER, we approach this by sharing knowledge among the 23 technical competence centers that we operate around the world.
Every day in Europe, Asia, the Americas, Africa and Australia, staff in WACKER technical competence centers are busy formulating, inspecting and testing. Not only do they develop and optimize customer formulations, but they also research current general trends in, for example, the construction sector.
Every technical center offers our local customers a one-stop shop for expertise, service and support.
This global network of expertise in all key markets benefits our customers in numerous ways. For one thing, it enables us to respond swiftly and unbureaucratically to local needs in our various regions. For another, it gives us access to regional formulation and application practices, local raw materials, and current specifications and standards. This makes us the ideal partner for globally active players seeking to expand into other countries.
The headquarters of WACKER POLYMERS in the USA – research and application development spread across 6,200 square meters
The technical competence center for vinyl acetate-ethylene-based binders for use in carpets
The technical competence center for the construction industry in Central America
The technical competence center in Colombia for polymeric construction applications
The technical competence center in Brazil for silicone applications and construction polymers
WACKER’s oldest and largest technical competence center, in operation since 1957
The technical competence center focusing on SILRES ® and VINNAPAS ®
Technical competence center with climatic chamber for simulating the harsh Russian winters
Technical competence center with an open-air weathering for testing construction coatings under real conditions
The WACKER POLYMERS technical competence center in India
The technical competence center in India for tile-adhesive applications
The technical competence center, complete with laboratories, for polymeric binders and silicones
The technical competence center for construction and adhesive applications in Indonesia’s capital
The technical competence center in the Shanghai Caohejing High-Tech Park
The technical competence center in Pangyo Techno Valley – South Korea’s “silicon valley”
The technical competence center on the southeast coast of Australia
This regional knowledge is invaluable in times of climate change. What may be new climatic conditions for one region may long have been commonplace for other places. By reaching out and sharing, we can quickly find out what already works somewhere else – and what doesn’t. But we can also learn how other regions view challenges and develop solutions. The sheer diversity of experts, opinions and experience found in the regions represents enormous potential for innovation that we wish to tap into in partnership with our customers. Just get in touch with us!
Every technical center offers our local customers a one-stop shop for expertise, service and support. But even though each center is self-contained, we believe all sites to be an integral part of a global network: a network in which everyone knows and holds everyone else in high regard – to our mutual enrichment. To this end, we hold regular meetings and work closely with each other when the need arises. We do this by telephone and online, as well as physically by delegating employees to other sites. Each site therefore works for the benefit of our customers around the world by contributing its specific expertise and making its technical equipment and testing capacity available.