Germany's Wacker Chemie has started up a new reactor for vinyl acetate-ethylene copolymer (VAE) dispersions at its Calvert City site in Kentucky, USA. The company said the new reactor with a capacity of 85,000-tpa will help Wacker cater to the growing global demand for its dispersions and dispersible powders. Having invested around ?50-mn in the site's capacity and infrastructure, Wacker is strengthening its position as one of the world's leading suppliers of VAE-based dispersions and dispersible powders.
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