Keyword: Wacker

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Wacker Moving Ahead with Silicone Rubber Expansion

25.05.2022 -

In line with growth targets announced in March this year, Wacker Chemie is stepping up the pace of its capacity buildup for silicone rubber specialties to meet growing...

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Wacker Opens new R&D Center in Michigan

16.05.2022 -

Wacker Chemie has opened a new US regional innovation center in Ann Arbor, Michigan, dedicated to developing high-margin biotech and silicone specialties for high-tech...

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Six Firms to Make Vaccines for German Emergency Supply

12.04.2022 -

Germany’s economics ministry has budgeted up to €2.9 billion ($3.14 billion) to ensure sufficient supply of mostly mRNA-based Covid-19 vaccines to be able to deal with...

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Wacker’s Siltronic Deal with GlobalWafers Off

03.02.2022 -

With Germany’s foreign trade clearance still missing on the deal’s agreed Jan. 31 closing date, Munich-based Wacker Chemie declared its plans to sell its remaining 30.8%...

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Siltronic Sale to GlobalWafers Looks Shaky

18.01.2022 -

GlobalWafers’ planned takeover of Wacker Chemie’s remaining 30.8% stake in silicon wafers manufacturer Siltronic is looking somewhat shaky as the German economics...

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Wacker and Biosyntia Partner on Biotin

14.01.2022 -

German chemical company Wacker has signed a contract with Danish biotech Biosyntia to develop a large-scale production process for biotin based on the fermentation of...

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Wacker and CordenPharma in Lipid Nanoparticles Partnership

16.12.2021 -

German chemical company Wacker and compatriot CDMO CordenPharma have agreed to jointly develop know-how and processes for manufacturing lipid nanoparticles (LNP) to meet...

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Multinational Companies in China’s Chemical Industry

30.11.2021 -

Chemical MNCs show strong verbal commitment to China, but the real situation is somewhat underwhelming.