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ELASTOSIL® eco

Solutions for a Better Tomorrow

The sustainable silicone sealant

Versatile, high quality, durable and sustainable!

Four properties – one promise of quality. We have enhanced our silicone portfolio with joint sealing compounds which are manufactured based on the mass balance approach and marketed under the name ELASTOSIL® eco. This lets us supply you with ready-to-use silicone sealants produced using plant-based biomethanol. These products are certified to the REDcert2 standard, which safeguards traceability of renewable raw materials along the entire WACKER production process – from quartz right up to the finished silicone sealant, ELASTOSIL® eco.

Let’s take another step together into a greener future. We offer an initial insight here with this in-depth article including user testimonials and experiences.

A look behind the scenes

How do we produce our premium silicone sealant using renewable raw materials? And at what point does our ELASTOSIL® turn into ELASTOSIL® eco?

Accompany Dr. Wolfgang Schattenmann, Vice President of Hybrids & Sealants, Dr. Michael Dehmer, Head of Production in Nünchritz, and Axel Schmidt, Head of Hybrids & Sealants EMEA/LATAM, on a tour through the ELASTOSIL® production process in the Nünchritz plant.

Changing direction

Join us as we move toward a greener future. No need to forgo our WACKER promise of quality: ELASTOSIL® eco silicone sealants match our conventionally produced sealants perfectly in terms of versatile applications, durability and high quality.

Enhance your product range

Whether for interior or kitchen design or in the sanitary sector: ELASTOSIL® eco silicone sealants let you promote sustainable construction and DIY. Offer your customers a sustainable alternative for ecological construction work.

Here’s what our users say

Mauro Leoni, Managing Director of Mungo Italia S.r.l, looking into the distance with a slight smile and holding an ELASTOSIL® eco cartridge in his hand.

Construction material

“Sustainability is a top priority for Mungo. In WACKER, we have a partner who also gives this topic the highest priority. That is why we are jointly launching green silicone sealing solutions on the market.”

Mauro Leoni, Managing Director of Mungo Italia S.r.l

Engelbert Haindl

Kitchen design

“Sustainable solutions are increasingly being requested in my day-to-day work. With ELASTOSIL® eco, I can offer my customers an additional option to keep the use of fossil raw materials to an absolute minimum. And also to pass on WACKER’s promise of quality at the highest level to my customers.”

Engelbert Haindl, owner of Haindl Küchen, specialist for creative kitchen design

Markus Ströter

Interior design

“I tried the new product and I have to say that its features are identical to conventional silicone sealants. It's wonderfully easy to work with, it's very malleable and spreadable, and it's odorless. Particularly in my field, in the painting sector, customers place a great deal of value on using sustainably produced paints, And this is why I see great potential in the future for this sustainably produced silicone sealant.”

Markus Ströter, master painter & certified paints and coatings technician

Mauro Leoni, Managing Director of Mungo Italia S.r.l, looking into the distance with a slight smile and holding an ELASTOSIL® eco cartridge in his hand.
Engelbert Haindl
Markus Ströter

This is what our employees say

Protect resources, save energy, increase product life. With ELASTOSIL® eco, sustainable building is possible across the entire life cycle – from production right up to the finished building.

We support our customers in all issues relating to sustainability. Packaging is also an important aspect – the more products that end up in recycled packaging, the better it is for the environment. That’s why we offer our customers the option of switching to this more sustainable solution. ELASTOSIL® eco is the most sustainable solution on the market – together with PCR cartridges, we go one step further.

Alexander Pönitzsch (Product Manager for Silicone Sealants)

Alexander Pönitzsch, product manager for silicone sealants, smiling sympathetically into the camera.

“We continuously check the quality of our products in the lab. We look especially closely at the development of new formulations.”

Xenia Bader (Lab Assistant for Silicone Sealants)

Xenia Bader

“From a global perspective, our positioning of renewable-based products in Europe is just a first step. Since sustainability is gaining traction in other regions of the world, our goal is to roll out our strategy globally.”

Felix Weissberger (Head of Global Segment Management for Hybrids & Sealants)

Felix Weissberger

The growing diversity in application fields is met by the broad range of premium silicone sealants in our ELASTOSIL® eco portfolio. Trust the global market and quality leader. Find out more in our product portal.

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Verena Brunner
Because they contain the largest amounts of methanol suitable for replacing, our premium products are where we can use conserve the most fossil raw materials, while meeting the demand for a more environmentally friendly all-rounder!

– Verena Brunner, Product Manager for Silicone Sealants

A conversation with Verena Brunner and Axel Schmidt

Take a look at what our product managers say about the sustainable silicone sealant ELASTOSIL® eco: what characterizes this new product? Who are the target groups? How does this product fit into the ambitious sustainability strategy at WACKER? And, last but not least, why do we often need a bold new product to open the door to real change?

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