Keyword: silicones

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Wacker Breaks Ground on Czech Silicone Specialties Production Facility

21.06.2024 -

German chemical company Wacker Chemie has broken ground for its new production site in Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic. Wacker plans to produce room-temperature-curing high...

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Shin-Etsu Invests in Silicones Business

25.09.2018 - Japan’s Shin-Etsu Chemical will invest 110 billion Yen ($977 million) to expand its silicones business in order to meet rising global demand. The expansion will be implemented in...

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Evonik starts up China Silicones Plant

08.09.2017 - Evonik has started up a new plant for organically modified specialty silicones at Shanghai, China, strengthening its business with the products used in applications such as...

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Dow Plans Coatings Polymer Plant in Saudi Arabia

13.07.2017 - Dow Chemical will build a new $100 million plant to produce polymers for coatings and water treatment applications in the PlasChem Park at Jubail, Saudi Arabia. The US group also...

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Dow and Mosaic Ink Saudi Projects

25.05.2017 - US companies Dow Chemical and Mosaic have signed agreements for separate projects in Saudi Arabia as part of President Donald Trump’s two-day visit to the Kingdom earlier this...

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China’s Investors Advance

27.04.2017 - Chinese outbound foreign investment continues to beat records year by year. The Asian powerhouse is investing in overseas markets to acquire advanced technology, know-how and...

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Gnann succeeds Hartel to Lead Wacker Silicones

04.04.2016 - Dr. Robert Gnann (51) has taken over as president of Wacker Silicones effective April 1, 2016. He succeeds Dr. Christian Hartel, who was appointed to the Wacker Group’s Executive...

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Board Changes in Store at Wacker-Chemie

25.06.2015 - Joachim Rauhut (61), chief financial officer of Wacker Chemie, will leave the company as planned when his contract expires on October 31, 2015, the Munich-based chemical group has...