# Wacker Chemie expands specialty silicone production in Zhangjiagang, China

Wacker Chemie AG is expanding its specialty silicone manufacturing capacities at its Zhangjiagang site in Jiangsu Province, China, with an investment of approximately €150 million. The new production lines for functional silicone fluids, silicone emulsions, and silicone elastomer gels are scheduled to start operations in the second half of 2025.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2023-09-25
- Where: Zhangjiagang, Jiangsu Province, China
- Value: $160.5M (150.0M EUR)
- Starts operating: Q3 2025
- Status: under construction
- Products: functional silicone fluids, silicone emulsions, silicone elastomer gels
- 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/2023/detail-220289.html), 2023-09-25: "This expansion project is our largest single investment in Zhangjiagang since the site was officially commissioned in 2010."
- [adhesivesmag.com](https://www.adhesivesmag.com/articles/100542-wacker-expands-silicone-production-in-china), 2023-10-06: "Wacker Chemie AG is expanding its specialty silicone manufacturing capacities in China."
- [jiangsu.chinadaily.com.cn](http://jiangsu.chinadaily.com.cn/zhangjiagang/2023-10/10/c_929381.htm), 2023-10-10: "The groundbreaking ceremony for Wacker Chemie's expansion project of organic silicone emulsion and silicone oil products, which has a total investment of 1.1 billion yuan ($151.25 million), was held in Zhangjiagang, Suzhou, Jiangsu province on Sept 26."

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