# Wacker expands polymer powder capacity at Ulsan plant to 80,000 tpy

Wacker has completed a 20-month expansion of its construction-grade polymer powder production line at its Ulsan, South Korea plant, adding 80,000 tonnes per year of capacity. The project involved an investment of about 89 billion won and is expected to create 60 new jobs.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2019-09-04
- Where: Ulsan, South Korea
- Value: $74.0M (89.0B KRW)
- Jobs: 60
- Starts operating: 4 Sep 2019
- Status: completed
- Capacity: 80,000 tonnes per year
- Products: VAE dispersion, construction-grade polymer powder, VINNAPAS
- Sectors: [Specialty Chemicals](https://endata.com/sectors/specialty-chemicals.md), [Construction Materials](https://endata.com/sectors/construction-materials.md)

## Companies

- [Wacker Chemie](https://endata.com/companies/303.md)
- [Wacker Chemical Korea](https://endata.com/companies/41879.md)

## Sources

- [ksilbo.co.kr](https://www.ksilbo.co.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=720546), 2019-09-04: "울산공장에서 생산하는 파우더 제품은 건축물의 친환경 에너지 절감을 위한 외단열 마감시스템의 주재료로 주목받고 있는 향후 건축 자재 트렌드를 선도할 제품으로, 관련 기업과 동반 성장을 통해 지역경제 활성화에 기여할 것으로 전망된다."
- [pcimag.com](https://www.pcimag.com/articles/106548-wacker-expands-production-of-dispersible-polymer-powders-in-south-korea), 2019-09-06: "The new plant in Ulsan will help us serve the growing market in Asia and additionally shorten our delivery routes and times."

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