Huicong Chemical Network News: Wacker Chemical Co., Ltd. (Wacker) expanded the production capacity of HDK® brand fumed silica at its Burghausen production base, and expanded a production line for hydrophobic fumed silica specialty products . After the expansion, the production capacity of the production line will be increased by 40%. The investment amount for this expansion project is 1.4 million euros. Construction of the expansion will begin early next year and is scheduled to be completed in the third quarter of 2017.
(Jiangxi New Materials Co., Ltd.)
WACKER expands fumed silica production capacity
Hydrophobic special fumed silica products are used in printer toners. It improves the flow properties, charging performance and stability of the final product. This fumed silica product can be used to optimize the rheological and mechanical properties of specialty adhesives and specialty coating products.
“With this expansion project, we are better able to meet our customers’ growing demand for WACKER’s high-quality specialty products and customized solutions,” said WACKER Managing Director August Williams. “This expansion is part of WACKER’s strategy to achieve sustained profitable growth through low-cost expansion of existing production lines while increasing the proportion of specialty products in the overall business.”
WACKER produces HDK® brand fumed silica products at its production sites in Burghausen and Nünchritz, Germany, and at its Zhangjiagang production site in China. Munich-based chemicals group WACKER is the world’s third-largest producer in this field. This powdered high-purity amorphous silica can be used as a filler in silicone elastomers, and can also be used as an additive to adjust the rheological properties of coatings, adhesives, unsaturated polyester resins and plastisols, or as a flow Accelerators are used in cosmetics, pharmaceuticals or food industries, etc.
WACKER produces HDK® brand fumed silica products at its production sites in Burghausen and Nünchritz, Germany, and at its Zhangjiagang production site in China. Munich-based chemicals group WACKER is the world’s third-largest producer in this field. 
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