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Color space measurements of proofs printed on coated paperboard: the newly developed VINNAPAS^® EF 104 confers excellent print images on the end product and is thus an ideal binder for coatings used for offset, roto and flexo printing of coated paperboard packaging, for example for personal care and pharma products, or food and beverage packaging.

The rate at which pulp slurry is dewatered can be measured in drainage tests. WACKER’s new silicone tensid PULPSIL^® 968 S accelerates dewatering to unprecedented levels and improves the washing process during pulp making significantly.

Polyvinyl acetate solid resins are an essential component of modern, high-quality gumbase. WACKER produces them in compliance with strict quality and hygiene standards.

WACKER subsidiary Siltronic produces hyperpure silicon wafers for semiconductor and microelectronics applications. The wafers are sliced off perfect, highly pure monocrystals – so-called hyperpure silicon ingots – that have diameters of up to 300 millimeters.

Therapeutic protein production at WACKER’s Halle site. In 2013, Wacker Biotech GmbH, a wholly-owned Wacker Chemie AG subsidiary, acquired the production plants. The acquisition was an important step for WACKER, enabling it to support its customers in the pharmaceutical sector not only during clinical trials, but during the market supply phase, too