Press Releases 2023

At this year’s COMPAMED medical technology trade show, WACKER is showcasing a range of silicone products for medical applications.

Chemical Group WACKER presents its Net Zero Award to honor an engineering project for its innovative approach to more efficient process control in production.

Wacker Chemie AG saw its sales and earnings decline significantly in the third quarter of 2023 due to the persistently difficult market environment.

At the 70th SEPAWA Congress in Berlin, Germany, WACKER is unveiling its new LIOSIL^® FC 3300 E silicone emulsion to a broad technical audience.

At Fakuma, the international trade fair for plastics processing, Wacker Chemie AG is presenting new silicone rubber grades that do not need to be post-cured after processing.

Today, WACKER held a grand ceremony in Shanghai to celebrate the 30th anniversary of its subsidiary in China.

Wacker Chemie AG is expanding its specialty silicone manufacturing capacities in China.

At this year’s Food Ingredients Asia, WACKER is showcasing its new CAVAMAX^® Foam Topping Powder, a cyclodextrin-based product with a ready-to-use formulation to create creamy foam toppings for cold drinks like tea, coffee and juice.

Wacker Chemie AG today celebrated the 25th anniversary of its Nünchritz site. Among the dignitaries to mark the occasion was Saxony’s State Governor Michael Kretschmer.

Wacker Chemie AG has recently finished expanding its production of hyperpure hydrogen chloride at its Burghausen site in Germany.

Wacker Chemie AG saw its sales and earnings decline in the second quarter of 2023 due to the persistently difficult market environment.

Today, Wacker Chemie AG published its preliminary figures for Q2 2023. The company now expects to post second-quarter Group sales of €1.75 billion. EBITDA amounts to €255 million.

Caeregen Therapeutics, a regenerative medicine therapeutics company and Wacker Biotech, a contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO), will collaborate on the development and production of CTR-107 (Noregen™), a novel regenerative therapeutic for the treatment of retinal-related vision loss.

Munich-based chemical group WACKER has given this year’s Alexander Wacker Innovation Award to a project team from Burghausen.

Today, Wacker Chemie AG’s Supervisory Board re-appointed Angela Wörl (56) for another five years as a member of the Executive Board and as Personnel Director.

An inauguration ceremony held today marked the completion of the capacity expansion for vinyl-acetate-ethylene copolymer (VAE) dispersions and VAE dispersible polymer powders at WACKER’s Nanjing site in China.

At this year’s CWIEME tradeshow for coil winding, insulation and electrical manufacturing, WACKER is presenting a novel material solution to manufacture mechanically durable plastic components that can withstand temperatures of over 200 degrees Celsius for long periods.

Peter-Alexander Wacker remains at the helm of Wacker Chemie AG’s Supervisory Board.

Shigeyoshi Inoue, Professor of Silicon Chemistry at the Technical University of Munich, is the winner of the WACKER Silicone Award 2023.

The WACKER chemical group headquartered in Munich has acquired 100 percent of the shares of contract manufacturing company (CMO) ADL BioPharma.

Wacker Chemie AG closed Q1 2023 with lower sales and earnings.

Dr. Thomas Koini (56) will take over as president of the WACKER SILICONES division effective July 1, 2023.

Together with Munich’s Ludwig Maximilian University (LMU) and the Humboldt University of Berlin (HU Berlin), Wacker Chemie AG and CordenPharma International GmbH have launched a project to accelerate the development of RNA-based drugs.

At this year’s in-cosmetics Global, WACKER will be presenting four new silicone products for the cosmetics and hair-care industries: the silicone elastomer gels BELSIL^® EG 3000 and BELSIL^® eco EG 3001 and the gum blends BELSIL^® eco DM 3096 and BELSIL^® GB 3010.

At the first European Coatings Show since the Covid pandemic, WACKER will be presenting a wide range of product and application highlights.

In response to growing demand, the WACKER chemical group is expanding its production and cartridge filling capacities for silicone sealants at its Nünchritz site.

As already reported, Wacker Chemie AG ended 2022 with new all-time highs for sales and earnings.

Auguste Willems (64), member of the Executive Board of Wacker Chemie AG, will leave the company on April 30, 2023, at his own request.

The WACKER Chemical Group has developed two new hydrophobic dispersions for waterproofing buildings at low temperatures: VINNAPAS^® 754 ED and VINNAPAS^® 764 ED. VINNAPAS^® 754 ED is used as an additive in two-part waterproofing membranes.

At the 2023 European Coatings Show, WACKER will be unveiling a new product from its VINNOL^® family of solid resins: VINNOL^® L-6868 binder is suitable for solvent-borne coatings, printing inks, high-solids, and UV-curing systems.

At this year’s European Coatings Show, WACKER will be presenting three new polymeric binders for formulating tile adhesives and mortars in exterior insulation and finish systems (EIFS).

At the European Coatings Show 2023, the Munich-based WACKER Group will be showcasing a new silicone additive for formulating silicate paints and brush-on plasters for interiors.

WACKER, the Munich-based chemical company, will be presenting two new silicone resin binders at the next European Coatings Show (ECS): SILRES^® M 51 E and SILRES^® IC 900.

Wacker Chemie AG set new sales and earnings records in 2022.