WACKER opens plant in Nanjing

By Song Wenwei (chinadaily.com.cn)
Updated: 2009-11-18 10:08

A new dispersible powder and vinyl plant was opened in Nanjing, capital of East China's Jiangsu province on Monday, by WACKER, the Munich-based chemical group.

With an annual capacity of 30,000 metric tons of dispersible powder, the Nanjing plant is the largest of its kind in China. The aim of this project is to secure sufficient long-term VINNAPAS® polymer-powder capacity and to guarantee Asia-Pacific customers delivery reliability and product quality in the future, too. WACKER ranks among the world's largest producers of dispersible polymer powders for the construction industry.

Located in the Nanjing Chemical Industrial Park, the new WACKER Nanjing site covers an area of 100,000 square meters. First phase investment of this production complex is over 50 million euros.

WACKER has been producing polymer powders and dispersions for the construction industry for more than 50 years. China's growing demand for VINNAPAS® dispersible polymer powders is chiefly due to the need for dependable, lightweight and energy-efficient building materials.

"A secure and high quality supply of polymer powders is essential for the further development of China's fast growing construction industry and for China's tremendous efforts to save energy," said Auguste Willems, Member of Wacker Chemie AG's Executive Board.