MUNICH—Wacker is assigning additional marketing rights to its sales partner Silspeck Rubber for the sale of high-temperature curing silicones.
The firm is entitling the Polish silicone compounder to market ready-to-use silicone rubber compounds based on Wacker raw materials. Silspeck is to use the label “Based on Elastosil.”
Peter Summo, head of Wacker's engineering silicones business unit, said Eastern Europe is one of Wacker's most important growth regions, including Poland. He said that the firm's silicone business has developed very well in recent years.
Silspeck's managing director, Piotr Wochnik, said the agreement is an important milestone in the firm's partnership with Wacker.