Wacker Launches Production of Pyrogenic Silica in the U.S.
The facility’s annual production capacity of 13,000 metric tons will be used both for sales purposes and for Wacker’s own silicone production.
Wacker Group recently announced that it has officially brought a plant for manufacturing pyrogenic silica on stream at its site in Charleston, Tenn. The facility’s annual production capacity of 13,000 metric tons will be used both for sales purposes and for Wacker’s own silicone production.
Investments for the new facility totaled around $150 million and led to 50 new jobs at the Charleston site. Wacker has previously produced pyrogenic silica at its German sites in Burghausen and Nünchritz, as well as its Zhangjiagang site in China. According to Wacker, launching the new plant in Charleston puts the company in a position to offer customers in the Americas a direct supply of HDK® pyrogenic silica.