Wacker Opens Technical Center for Carpet Applications in the USA

Wacker Chemie is bringing a new technical center for carpet applications on stream in Dalton, Georgia. It offers lab facilities for developing and testing polymeric binders for the carpet industry.

At the same time, the Wacker Academy, the Group's international training center, is opening a local branch at the Dalton site.

Wacker's new technical center, based in Dalton, Georgia, is focused on developing new formulations with vinyl acetate-ethylene copolymer (VAE) dispersions, and meeting the local demands of customers in the carpet industry. VAE dispersions of the Vinnapas brand are increasingly being used in place of traditional latexes as binders for bonding carpet backing.

 

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