# Wacker Chemie invests €100M in silicone rubber capacity expansion

Wacker Chemie AG is investing €100 million to increase its annual silicone-rubber production capacity by 40 kilotonnes by 2021, with expansions at sites in Burghausen, Germany; Adrian, Michigan; and Zhangjiagang, China.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2018-12-18
- Where: Burghausen, Germany; Adrian, Michigan; Zhangjiagang, China, Germany
- Value: $114.0M (100.0M EUR)
- Starts operating: 2021
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 40 kilotonnes per year
- Products: liquid silicone rubber, high-temperature vulcanising silicones, room-temperature vulcanising silicones, thermally conductive silicone compounds
- Sectors: [Specialty Chemicals](https://endata.com/sectors/specialty-chemicals.md), [Plastics and Polymers](https://endata.com/sectors/plastics-polymers.md)

## Companies

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

## Sources

- [european-rubber-journal.com](https://www.european-rubber-journal.com/article/2067524/wacker-unveils-100m-silicone-rubber-expansion), 2018-12-19: "Wacker Chemie AG is investing €100 million to increase its annual silicone-rubber production capacity by a total of 40 kilotonnes by 2021, Wacker announced 18 Dec."

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