MUNICH, Germany – Wacker Chemie AG, Munich, Germany, is expanding its presence in Mexico and Brazil. The company is extending its existing technical center in São Paulo, Brazil, and creating a new technical center in Mexico City, Mexico. At the same time, the group’s international training center – the WACKER ACADEMY – will be expanded at the São Paulo site, and a new academy will be opened in Mexico City. Both projects are scheduled for completion in the first quarter of 2013.
The expansion of the group’s technical center in Jandira, Brazil, near São Paulo, focuses mainly on the labs for dispersible polymer powders, which are used in dry-mix mortars for concrete applications, tile adhesives and sealing slurries. The test area for polymer binders will more than triple in size, and the new labs will get testing equipment in line with international standards. In addition, the WACKER ACADEMY training center will be equipped with a new, larger training lab, which will allow participants to carry out extensive practical tests.