# WACKER to build silicone production site in Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic

Wacker Chemie AG is investing in a new silicone production site in Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic, with an investment in the low triple-digit million euro range. Production is expected to start by end of 2025, creating up to 200 jobs by 2028.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2024-01-11
- Where: Karlovy Vary, Czechia
- Value: $109.0M (100.0M EUR)
- Jobs: 200
- Starts operating: 2025
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 20,000 metric tons per year
- Products: room-temperature-vulcanizing specialty silicones, high-temperature-vulcanizing silicone compounds
- Sectors: [Specialty Chemicals](https://endata.com/sectors/specialty-chemicals.md)

## Companies

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

## Sources

- [chemxplore.com](https://chemxplore.com/news/wacker-new-production-site-silicone-specialties-plans-karlovy-vary-czech-republic), 2024-01-10: "Wacker Chemie AG is investing in a new silicone production site in Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic, with an investment volume in the low triple-digit million euro range."

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