Wacker Chemie AG, together with its subsidiaries, provides chemical products worldwide. It operates through four divisions: Silicones, Polymers, Biosolutions, and Polysilicon. The Silicones division offers silanes, siloxanes, silicone fluids, silicone emulsions, silicone elastomers, silicone resins, and pyrogenic silica. The Polymers division provides binders and polymeric additives, such as dispersible polymer powder and dispersions, which are used in construction, paper, paint, coating, and adhesive industries. The Biosolutions division offers customized biotech and catalog products for fine chemicals, such as pharmaceutical proteins, vaccines, cyclodextrins, cysteine, polyvinyl acetate solid resins, and acetylacetone for pharmaceutical actives, food additives, and agrochemicals. The Polysilicon division produces hyperpure polysilicon for use in semiconductor and solar sectors. Wacker Chemie AG was founded in 1914 and is headquartered in Munich, Germany. Wacker Chemie AG is a subsidiary of Dr. Alexander Wacker Familiengesellschaft mbH.