Wacker starts production at its new dispersible polymer powder plant

Wacker has officially opened its new dispersible powder and vinyl acetate ethylene dispersion plant in Nanjing, China. With an annual capacity of 30,000 metric tons of dispersible powder, the Nanjing plant is the largest of its kind in China. The aim of this investment project is to secure sufficient long-term polymer-powder capacity and to guarantee Asia-Pacific customers delivery reliability and product quality in the future. Located in the Nanjing Chemical Industrial Park, the new site covers an area of 100,000 square meters. First phase investment of this fully integrated production complex which serves the entire product line from vinyl acetate ethylene dispersions to dispersible powders is over EUR 50 million.