The WACKER ACADEMY Team of Instructors
Theoretical expertise and practical experience are the cornerstones of the WACKER ACADEMY team. With backgrounds in sales or technology, our experts come to the table with extensive application knowledge. They are also trained instructors and moderators with a sixth sense for current trends and market developments.
Instructors for Pulp, Paper and Printing Processes
Yoko Hori
Yoko Hori holds a master’s degree in applied chemistry, specializing in organic silicon chemistry. Since joining Wacker Asahikasei in 2008, she has gained experience as a technical manager in industrial, electronic and consumer care applications, focusing on fluid, resin, and emulsion products. She has been a certified TÜV online trainer for several years.
Guillermo Lopez
Guillermo is a sales manager for Mexico in the Functional Additives business unit. He has more than 40 years of experience in the chemical industry, mainly with epoxy resins, polyurethanes, plastisol and release agents based on silicone fluids. At WACKER, Guillermo has been responsible for elastomers, pyrogenic silica, sealants, silanes and fluids, plastics, textiles, defoamers and industrial coating resins. Previously, he had worked for Hysol de Mexico, a company focused on epoxy resin compounds. He has a chemical engineering degree from the National Autonomous University of Mexico.
Chika Motomura
Chika Motomura holds a master’s degree in biochemistry. She joined Wacker Asahi Kasei Silicone in 2020 and works in the technical department for silicone emulsion products. Since 2022, she has been supporting the WACKER ACADEMY with emulsion products, especially for the chemical industry, and defoamers. After qualifying as a Wacker Online Trainer in 2024, she has been involved in customer and distributor training.