# Wacker launches $150M pyrogenic silica plant in Charleston, Tennessee

Wacker Group officially brought a plant for manufacturing pyrogenic silica on stream at its Charleston, Tennessee site. The facility has an annual production capacity of 13,000 metric tons, with investments totaling around $150 million and creating 50 new jobs.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2019-10-10
- Where: Charleston, Tennessee, United States
- Value: $150.0M
- Jobs: 50
- Starts operating: 10 Oct 2019
- Status: completed
- Capacity: 13,000 metric tons per year
- Products: pyrogenic silica (HDK)
- Sectors: [Specialty Chemicals](https://endata.com/sectors/specialty-chemicals.md)

## Companies

- [Wacker Group](https://endata.com/companies/42651.md)

## Sources

- [adhesivesmag.com](https://www.adhesivesmag.com/articles/97269-wacker-launches-production-of-pyrogenic-silica-in-the-us), 2019-10-10: "Wacker Group recently announced that it has officially brought a plant for manufacturing pyrogenic silica on stream at its site in Charleston, Tenn."

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