Wacker Chemie Ag

Hanns-Seidel-Platz 4
Munchen D-81737
DE
http://www.wacker.com
Phone:011-49-0-89-6279-0
Fax:011-49-0-89-6279-1770

Wacker is a globally active chemical company with some 14,500 employees and annual sales of around €4.98 billion (2018). The company has a global network of 24 production sites, 22 technical competence centers and 50 sales offices, and supplies ingredients ranging from: silicone fluids, emulsions, rubber grades and resins; silanes; pyrogenic silicas; thermoplastic silicone elastomers; polyvinyl acetates and vinyl acetate copolymers and terpolymers in the form of dispersible polymer powders, dispersions, solid resins and solutions; to biotech products such as cyclodextrins, cysteine and biologics, as well as fine chemicals and PVAC solid resins, and polysilicon for the semiconductor and photovoltaic industries.

  • Cosmetics/Personal Care Ingredient Supplier
  • Cosmetic Ingredients(Actives, Balancing-soothing, Color Cosmetics, Conditioning, Formulating aids, Hair Care, Moisturizing, Rheology-thickener, Sensory, Skin/Body and more)
Articles & News
As part of the acquisition, a majority of Bio Med Sciences' workforce will move to Wacker. Both parties have agreed not to disclose the purchase price.
Wacker Acquires Manufacturing Assets of Bio Med Sciences Inc.
As part of the acquisition, a majority of Bio Med Sciences' workforce will move to Wacker. Both parties have agreed not to disclose the purchase price.
Jun 4th, 2024
Following the first day of exhibition, the prestigious PCHi Fountain Awards 2024 were presented at an industry night dinner held at InterContinental Shanghai Expo. Seventeen winners across 13 categories were chosen by a panel of industry experts comprising scientific researchers, industry veterans and specialists from PCHi’s Cosmetics Science & Technology Innovation Committee (CSTIC).
PCHi Illuminates 17 Fountain Award Winners, 800+ Exhibitors and 30K Attendees
PCHi China kicked off with a bang - literally, as several ingredient launches were celebrated with firework poppers and a shower of confetti. It was a sign of things to come for day one of the event, which ended honoring 17 Fountain Award winners.
Mar 20th, 2024
Previously, conventional silicone elastomer gels were often formulated with volatile siloxanes. Instead of a siloxane-based solvent, these products contain organic substances and stabilize the gel's crosspolymer network to enhance spreadability.
Wacker Showcases Silicone Elastomer Gels for Cosmetics and Hair Care
Previously, conventional silicone elastomer gels were often formulated with volatile siloxanes. Instead of a siloxane-based solvent, these products contain organic substances and stabilize the gel's crosspolymer network to enhance spreadability.
May 19th, 2023
Mario Arcos Rodriguez (second from left), Johanna Koch, Rupert Pfaller and Annemarie Reutter-Maier (continuing left to right) were awarded this year's Alexander Wacker Innovation Prize, presented by Wacker Executive Board member Angela Wörl (far left) and Christoph Kowitz, head of corporate research (far right).
Wacker Presents Innovation Award for Cysteine Fermentation Process
The group that received this year’s innovation award consists of three scientists based at WACKER’s Corporate R&D facility in Munich, Germany, and a bioprocess engineer working at the company’s cysteine plant in León, Spain.
Jul 26th, 2022
The long-term partnership is aimed to make fermentation-based biotin available for the full range of relevant applications as a sustainable, non-chemical, European-sourced alternative.
Wacker x Biosyntia Partner for Fermentation-based Biotin Production
The long-term partnership is aimed to make fermentation-based biotin available for the full range of relevant applications as a sustainable, non-chemical, European-sourced alternative.
Feb 10th, 2022