# WACKER expands dispersion production in Burghausen, Germany

Wacker Chemie AG is investing €25 million to build a new dispersion reactor with an annual capacity of 60,000 metric tons at its Burghausen site. The project is expected to be completed by the end of 2017.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2017-02-22
- Where: Burghausen, Germany, Germany
- Value: $26.4M (25.0M EUR)
- Starts operating: 2017
- Status: under construction
- Capacity: 60,000 metric tons per year
- Products: polymeric binders, dispersions, dispersible polymer powders
- Sectors: [Specialty Chemicals](https://endata.com/sectors/specialty-chemicals.md)

## Companies

- [Wacker Chemie](https://endata.com/companies/303.md)

## Sources

- [chemxplore.com](https://chemxplore.com/news/2017-2-23-wacker-expands-production-capacity-for-dispersions-at-its-burghausen-site), 2017-02-22: "The project, costing €25 million, aims to increase annual capacity by 60,000 metric tons."
- [wacker.com](https://www.wacker.com/cms/en-us/press-and-media/press/press-releases/2017/detail-78208.html), 2017-02-23: "The additional capacity will strengthen our market position as one of the world's leading manufacturers of dispersions and dispersible polymer powders."
- [european-coatings.com](https://www.european-coatings.com/news/raw-materials/wacker-expands-production-capacity-for-dispersions-in-germany/), 2017-02-24: "The enlargement of our dispersion production in Burghausen is part of our strategy to achieve further profitable growth through expansions at existing production plants."
- [cen.acs.org](https://cen.acs.org/articles/95/i10/Wacker-builds-polymer-binder-plant.html), 2017-03-06: "Wacker Chemie says it has earmarked $26 million to build a plant for making polymeric binders based on polyvinyl acetate and vinyl acetate copolymers at its site in Burghausen, Germany."
- [pcimag.com](https://www.pcimag.com/articles/keyword/2303-capacity-expansions?page=17), 2017-03-20: "Munich-based Wacker Chemie AG is expanding its existing production plants for polymeric binders in Germany."

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