# WACKER to invest over €100M in silicone rubber capacity expansion

WACKER will invest over €100 million to expand production capacities for solid and liquid silicone rubber over the coming years, focusing on high-value specialty silicone grades.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2022-06-21
- Where: Halle, Germany
- Value: $105.0M (100.0M EUR)
- Status: announced
- Capacity: more than triple current production capacity
- Products: solid silicone rubber, liquid silicone rubber
- 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

- [wacker.com](https://www.wacker.com/cms/en-us/press-and-media/press/press-releases/2022/detail-172422.html), 2022-06-21: "WACKER will invest over €100 million in the expansion of production capacities for both solid and liquid silicone rubber over the coming years."
- [adhesivesmag.com](https://www.adhesivesmag.com/articles/99507-wacker-to-present-silicone-and-polymer-based-products-at-k-2022), 2022-06-27: "Wacker recently announced that it will invest over €100 million (approximately $105.2 million) in the expansion of production capacities for both solid and liquid silicone rubber over the coming years."
- [endpoints.news](https://endpoints.news/german-chemicals-company-to-expand-its-reach-into-mrna-ingredient-production/), 2022-07-08: "We are happy that our expertise in making mRNA vaccines will contribute to the fight against future pandemics."

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