Silicones make your products safer, more powerful and more durable. Battery safety, battery assembly, power electronics and thermal interface materials are important applications for silicones.
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Here for you: at ECS 2025!
What trends and topics are moving the construction, coatings and adhesives industries? Where do we stand – and where are we heading in the future? Let’s meet and discuss how we can collaborate to create tomorrow’s solutions. We’re here for you: at European Coatings Show 2025.
read moreThe journey of tiles through history
What do the ancient Romans have in common with today’s private home builders? Their preference for tiles, perhaps? Since antiquity, tiles have been used to decorate and protect buildings. Throughout history, tiles have had an influence not only on architecture and buildings but also on the construction industry. New developments in tiles also brought about new bonding techniques. Let us embark on a journey through the history of tiles.
read moreSoutheast Asia gets the wheels rolling
The Technical Competence Center in Southeast Asia is now equipped with a state-of-the-art abrasion testing device for self-leveling compounds. The rolling wheel tester is an investment that highlights our commitment to customer proximity and to delivering innovative, high-performance solutions tailored to the Asian market. We spoke with Jayne Ramos, our expert in flooring technologies based in Singapore, about why this is a pivotal step for self-leveling compounds (SLCs) in Asia.
read moreA medium for art
Internationally renowned weaving artist Monika Fioreschy experiments with unusual materials in order to find new means of expressing the art of weaving. Over 30 years ago, the Austrian artist replaced the traditional wool thread on the loom with silicone tubing made of WACKER’s solid silicone rubber and thus transformed conventional tapestry weaving in a sensational way. Here is a look into the world of the transfusion image and Sil-Icons techniques for which WACKER offers the ideal material.
read moreVINNAPAS® Polymer Binders: Professional Renovation with ETICS/EIFS
Private households account for around 30% of global energy consumption. Suitable thermal insulation is a good solution to reduce the energy consumption substantially. Watch our video to see how to install a professional insulation system as renovation of on an old building.
read moreTutorial: processing silicone
What do you need to pay attention to when processing silicone rubber compounds? What mistakes do people typically make? How do you avoid them? Our videos will provide you with a wealth of application tips for RTV silicone, 1-part silicone, 2-part silicone and silicone for potting electronics and electrical components. The focus is on industrial applications.
read moreEngage the Experts for pDNA, mRNA, and LNP Solutions from Research to Commercialization
Wacker Biotech is your CDMO partner for the entire manufacturing chain of plasmid DNA (pDNA) and messenger RNA (mRNA) to lipid nanoparticle (LNP) formulations and Fill & Finish. We leverage our global team of development, process engineering, and manufacturing experts and a network of state-of-the-art facilities to accelerate our partners’ programs from research phase to the market.
read morePlant inspections as data-gathering missions
A look behind the scenes: top experts and enterprising creative types are not the only ones working at our sites – WACKER is home to high-tech colleagues too, i.e. to robots that carry out a wide range of jobs and gather data that make production smarter. One of these is SPOT, a four-legged friend who supports our employees during plant inspections.
read moreWACKER House – WACKER through and through
If it says WACKER on it, there’s WACKER in it – of course. But this claim no longer applies only to our packaging. It also applies to our new corporate headquarters: many of our own products were used in the construction of WACKER House in Munich – for example, the sustainable silicone sealant ELASTOSIL® eco.
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Nonwoven products and solutions
Feminine hygiene products that are soft and safe for skin contact. Wet wipes with high tensile strength and good lotion retention. Industrial wipes with excellent absorption and the strength to meet the toughest cleaning challenges: our nonwovens experts, Russell Thorpe and Dr. Holger Poths, explain why producing high-quality nonwovens requires not only good binders, but also good collaboration.
read moreSilicones – Engineers of a Better Life
What do consumer electronics, baby pacifiers, tents, electric vehicles and breathing tubes all have in common? At first sight, not a lot. But if you take a closer look, you’ll see the crucial link: silicones from WACKER.read more
Perfect Adhesion for Your Application & Production
New impetus for your product development: Discover our high-performance adhesives or self-adhesive liquid silicones without pretreatment.
read moreYoung Technology On The Road To Success
In our environmentally conscious world, adhesives and sealants are subject to increasively strict health and safety regulations. With GENIOSIL® STP-E, we offer high-quality hybrid polymers for the formulation of elastic sealants, adhesives and waterproofing liquid membranes that meet today's requirements both ecologically and technically.
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