# WACKER builds €30M liquid resins unit at Nünchritz site

WACKER has started building a liquid resins unit at its Nünchritz site in Germany, investing about €30 million. The unit will produce upstream products for silicone-based building-protection agents and binders, and is scheduled to go on stream at the end of 2022.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2021-06-02
- Where: Nünchritz, Saxony, Germany
- Value: $36.0M (30.0M EUR)
- Starts operating: 2022
- Status: under construction
- Products: liquid resins, silanes, silicone-based building-protection agents, binders for exterior paints and industrial coatings
- Sectors: [Specialty Chemicals](https://endata.com/sectors/specialty-chemicals.md)

## Companies

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

## Sources

- [wacker.com](https://www.wacker.com/cms/en-us/press-and-media/press/press-releases/2021/detail-157634.html), 2021-06-02: "The decision to extend the production of silanes and liquid resins to Nünchritz enables us to respond with even greater flexibility to customer needs."
- [pcimag.com](https://www.pcimag.com/articles/keyword/2303-capacity-expansions?page=4), 2021-06-09: "WACKER Group announced that it has started to build a liquid resins unit at its site in Nünchritz, Germany."

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