About Wacker

Founded in 1914 and headquartered in Munich, Germany, Wacker is one of the world’s most research-intensive chemical companies. WACKER offers innovative products and technologies for high-quality, powerful, and environmentally compatible adhesives. Their adhesive ingredients offer low viscosity, excellent heat resistance, and improved storage stability. Wacker aims to achieve a sustainable society governed by 3 principles designed to promote the balance between ecological, social, and economic factors. To reach net zero emissions the company is expanding its portfolio, particularly of sustainable products and decarbonized production. Wacker’s product offerings include resins like ethylene co-terpolymers, polyvinyl acetate emulsions, synthetic rubbers, polychlorovinyls, silyl modified polymers, additives like thickeners, adhesion promoters, crosslinking agents, moisture scavengers, tackifiers, and monomers.

ELASTOSIL® N9189

ELASTOSIL® N9189 by Wacker is a non-slump one-component RTV-1 silicone rubber. It cures at room temperature under the influence of atmospheric moisture to yield flexible silicone rubber with good heat resistance and slight electrical conductivity. <ul style="padding-left: 40px;"><li> It may continously be exposed to constantly changing climatic conditions, sunlight and temperature as high as 200°C (392°F) without damage.</li> <li> It shows long-term stability against weathering, moisture and UV radiation. </li> <li> It exhibits strong shear-thinning with a soft-pasty consistency and medium hardness.</li> <li> It shows no inhibition effect on platinum-catalyzed silicones. </li> <li> It operates within a recommended service temperature range from -45°C to +200°C.</li> <li> It is alkoxy-curable, self-adhesive, uses tin-free catalysis and provides excellent adhesion to many substrates.</li> <li> {prooduct} is suitable for bonding and sealing, appliances, automotive electronics, E-mobility, electrical components and railway industry.</li> </ul>

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VINNOL® E 15/45 M

VINNOL® E 15/45 M by Wacker is carboxylate-containing terpolymer of approx. 84 %wt vinyl chloride (VC), 15 %wt vinyl acetate (VAc) and 1 %wt dicarboxylic acid. Provides very good toughness, permanent flexibility, abrasion resistance, low swelling in the presence of water, and low gas permeability. Offers very good adhesion to smooth substrates such as metals, particularly aluminium, to glass and PVC, and to absorbent, po-rous substrates such as paper, cardboard, textiles and concrete. Offers high resistance to water, oil, grease, dilute aqueous acids, alkalis and saline solutions, aliphatic hydrocarbons such as white spirit, and to alcohols. VINNOL® E 15/45 M is designed for adhesives and sealants.

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VINNAPAS® DP 600

VINNAPAS® DP 600 by Wacker is an aqueous, plasticizer-free polymer dispersion produced from the monomers vinyl acetate and ethylene. Imparts good adhesion to various plastic surfaces and high cohesion. It provides frost resistance and very good compatibility with filler and pigment. It contains polyvinyl alcohol emulsifier system and is used for permanently flexible adhesive joints. It saves on fossil resources. Whenever this product is bought, up to 100% of the fossil-based raw materials required for manufacturing this product can be replaced by sustainably certified biomass or other renewable feedstock. The substitution is based on the REDcert² mass balance approach, audited by TÜV Nord. The exact amount of fossil raw material replaced depends on the selected product version and is specified in the REDcert² certificate, which can be found on the product page on the WACKER website. Market applications of VINNAPAS® DP 600 include adhesives for paper packaging & converting and PVC furniture foil. It has a shelf life of 6 months at temperature between 5-30°C. This product is available only in Europe.

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