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WACkER – LEAdER ANd INNOvATOR
IN A ChANGING AdhESIvES MARkET
WACKER is a leading supplier of vinyl
acetate-based polymer dispersions
for waterborne adhesives. If there is
one thing that describes WACKER
today, it is ‘future-focused’.
The permanently changing and ever
challenging needs of the market drive
the adhesive formulation industry and
the manufacturing industries it
supplies. Therefore, we continuously
develop and revise our product range
to reflect present and future market
needs, the foremost of which are
greater efficiency, flexibility and
compliance with consumer health
and environmental concerns.
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A Tradition of Innovation
As early as the 1950s, WACKER scientists
worked on polymer binders and by
the mid 1960s, successfully developed
vinyl actetate-ethylene copolymer (VAE)
dispersions. Since then, WACKER has
never stopped refining and improving its
VAE technology. As a result, WACKER
has continued to set the benchmark in
copolymer dispersions. WACKER
reinvests approximately four percent of
sales revenue into R&D across the company.
Over the past four years, WACKER
has applied for patents on 528 inventions
resulting in a patent portfolio of 5,000
patents already granted and another
2,900 patents pending.
Broad Range of Products and
Solutions
WACKER’s polymers business line specializes
in dispersions based on vinyl acetateethylene
co- and terpolymers (VAE) and
polyvinyl acetate homopoly mers (PVAc).
Today the WACKER VINNAPAS ® portfolio
caters to the needs of adhesives suppliers
to the paper and packaging, wood
and wood-based materials, flooring and
construction, pressure-sensitive paper
labels as well as tapes and automotive
industries. Such diverse application
requirements call for a clearly differentiated
and adapted product portfolio. Our
VINNAPAS ® product range offers adhesive
dispersions designed to fulfill this