Wacker Chemie AG
Company profile
WACKER is a globally active chemical company with some 14,400 employees and annual sales of around EUR 6.2 billion (2021). WACKER has a global network of 26 production sites, 23 technical competence centers and about 50 sales offices. The WACKER Group is structured in 4 segments: WACKER SILICONES (silicone fluids, emulsions, rubber and resins; silanes; pyrogenic silicas; thermoplastic silicone elastomers), WACKER POLYMERS (polyvinyl acetate and vinyl acetate copolymers in the form of dispersible polymer powders, dispersions, solid resins and their associated solutions used as binders for construction chemicals, paints and coatings, adhesives, plasters, textiles and nonwovens as well as for polymer materials based on renewable resources), WACKER BIOSOLUTIONS (biotech products such as cyclodextrins, cysteine and biologics, as well as fine chemicals and PVAc solid resins) and WACKER POLYSILICON (polysilicon for the semiconductor and photovoltaic industries).