# WACKER and SICO open application development center in Jining, China

WACKER and its joint-venture partner SICO Performance Material have opened a 2,300-square-meter application development center for organofunctional silanes in Jining, China. The facility will develop high-performance additives for the plastics, coatings and adhesives industries.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2025-12-01
- Where: Jining, China
- Starts operating: 1 Dec 2025
- Status: completed
- Products: organofunctional silanes, high-performance additives
- Sectors: [Specialty Chemicals](https://endata.com/sectors/specialty-chemicals.md)

## Companies

- [Wacker Chemie](https://endata.com/companies/303.md)
- [SICO Performance Material](https://endata.com/companies/58737.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [wacker.com](https://www.wacker.com/cms/en-us/press-and-media/press/press-releases/2025/press-releases-detail-2025-307139.html), 2025-12-01: "the new technology center is a key milestone for our growing specialties business in China."

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