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Wacker Chemie AG has opened a new specialty silicones production site in Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic. After two years of construction, the first production line is now online, producing customized silicones for the automotive, household appliances, medical technology, and energy sectors.

What impact do you expect this Czech facility to have on regional supply chains and lead times for specialty silicones in these industries?

WACKER opens new Czech production site for specialty silicones

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Wacker Chemie AG (Munich, Germany) officially opened a new production site for silicones in the Czech Republic. After just two years of construction, the first production line officially went on stream in Karlovy Vary. Here, customized silicones for the automotive, household appliances and medical technology industries as well as for the energy sector will be […]

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pat 1 month ago
Our compressor skids eat generic silicone at 220 C in months, so capacity is nice but the spec sheet matters. If you’re making high temp, low compression set LSRs or fluorosilicones, will you publish steam aging and sour gas data at 200 to 250 C, and will North America get allocation that actually shortens lead times for seals, diaphragms, and cable jackets?

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