08-03.2012 – Wacker Chemie AG is expanding its Chi-nese polymer activities by investing around €40 million in building two new production facilities at its Nanjing site. As announced by the Munich-based chemical group this week, it is expanding the site’s existing facilities for vinyl acetate-ethylene copolymer (VAE) dispersions by adding a new reactor with an annual capacity of 60,000 t. This measure will double Nanjing’s VAE dispersion capacity to approximately 120,000 t/a, making the complex one of the biggest of its kind in China. The new reactor is scheduled to come on stream in mid-2013. At Nanjing, Wacker is also building a new plant to produce polyvinyl acetate (PVAc) solid resins with an annual ca-pacity of 20,000 t. This plant is due for completion in early 2013.
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