{"id":166014,"date":"2025-07-29T07:29:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-29T05:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/?p=166014"},"modified":"2025-07-25T11:23:58","modified_gmt":"2025-07-25T09:23:58","slug":"ready-and-running-wacker-biotechnology-center-in-munich","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/ready-and-running-wacker-biotechnology-center-in-munich\/","title":{"rendered":"Ready and running \u2013 WACKER Biotechnology Center in Munich"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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Official opening of the WACKER Biotechnology Center: (from left) Bavaria\u2019s Minister of Economic Affairs Hubert Aiwanger, Ernst-Ludwig Winnacker, Gene Center LMU Munich, Martina Schulze-Adams, Head of Corporate R&D at WACKER, WACKER CEO Christian Hartel, WACKER Personnel Director Angela W\u00f6rl and Mathias Wiedemann, President Biosolutions at WACKER.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n
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  • Additional research capacities set to accelerate growth in the Biosolutions division<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • A 1,500-square-meter laboratory and technical competence center and 700 square meters of office space present ideal conditions at the company\u2019s central research location in Munich<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • The focus will be on research in manufacturing processes for biopharmaceuticals and ingredients for food and dietary supplements<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

    Wacker Chemie AG has officially opened its WACKER Biotechnology Center in Munich. Eminent politicians and guests from the business and research community were present to mark the opening of the new research center. The company has invested a double-digit million-euro sum in the facility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    \u201cThe WACKER Biotech Center will allow us to concentrate and intensify our biotech research activities. We see tremendous growth potential in this area, which is why we have decided to go ahead and invest in this sector \u2013 even in economically challenging times,\u201d highlighted WACKER CEO Christian Hartel at the opening ceremony. \u201cWith the new Biotechnology Center, WACKER is not only securing high-quality jobs, but also strengthening Bavaria\u2019s expertise in biotechnology. This demonstrates a strong commitment to Bavaria as a business location, and is exactly the kind of project we need to ensure our competitiveness and bring innovations from Bavaria to the world,\u201d affirmed Bavarian Minister of Economic Affairs Hubert Aiwanger<\/strong> at the opening ceremony.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n

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    WACKER Biotechnology Center moves into new building on Group\u2019s research location in Munich. Photovoltaic panels adorn the facade of the Biotechnology Center. (Photo: WACKER)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

    The WACKER Biotechnology Center is integrated into the Group\u2019s research site in the Munich quarter of Sendling where the company has been conducting fundamental research for over a century and, since the 1980s, also in biotechnology. With the expansion of the biotechnology business, it was evident that WACKER’s research capacities had reached their limits. With space for around 90 employees and state-of-the-art equipment, the WACKER Biotechnology Center opens new doors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    Fundamental research in biotechnology has been conducted at the WACKER Consortium in Munich since the 1980s. WACKER\u2019s Biotechnology Center will play a significant role in expanding the Cosortium\u2019s research capacities. (Photo: WACKER)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

    Spread over four floors, the new building dedicates around 1,500 square meters for a laboratory and technical competence center and boasts around 700 square meters of office space. It is home to WACKER\u2019s research operations, including methods to manufacture biopharmaceuticals, the medicines of tomorrow. The focus will be on processes for the production of proteins and nucleic acids, which play an important role in developing innovative therapies involving, for example, active ingredients based on messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA). In addition, WACKER is committed to developing innovative ingredients for food and dietary supplements that contribute to healthy and sustainable nutrition for the generations of today and the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    Bioreactors play an important role in the fermentative production of ingredients for food and dietary supplements. WACKER Biotechnology Center uses bioreactors with sizes ranging from a few milliliters to pilot reactors with a capacity of 200 liters. (Photo: WACKER)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

    Consolidating biotechnological R&D under one roof will go a long way in improving the efficiency of WACKER\u2019s research activities. Apart from optimizing efficiency, WACKER is also keen on reducing the time from lab-based research and product development to actual implementation. \u201cIt is no longer enough to simply have the best solution. It\u2019s becoming increasingly important that we reach the customer with this solution first. Speed is taking on an ever greater role in making us stand out,\u201d emphasizes Christian Hartel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    It is therefore clear: WACKER\u2019s Biotechnology Center is not just about research. The brand new facility will open up opportunities to work even more closely with customers, business partners, Biosolutions and other business divisions with the aim of shortening the time of a product from lab to market.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Wacker Chemie AG has officially opened its WACKER Biotechnology Center in Munich. Eminent politicians and guests from the business and research community were present to mark the opening of the new research center. The company has invested a double-digit million-euro sum in the facility. \u201cThe WACKER Biotech Center will allow us to concentrate and intensify […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":114,"featured_media":166020,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","nova_meta_subtitle":"Wacker Chemie AG has officially opened its WACKER Biotechnology Center in Munich","footnotes":""},"categories":[5572],"tags":[5838,17299,12276,12420,5796,10416,16209,10408],"supplier":[23767,5036,94],"class_list":["post-166014","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bio-based","tag-bioeconomy","tag-biomanufacturing","tag-biopharmaceuticals","tag-bioreactor","tag-biotechnology","tag-circulareconomy","tag-foodadditives","tag-greenchemistry","supplier-bayerisches-staatsministerium-fur-wirtschaft-landesentwicklung-und-energie","supplier-ludwig-maximilians-universitaet-muenchen","supplier-wacker-chemie-ag"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/166014","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/114"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=166014"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/166014\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/166020"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=166014"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=166014"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=166014"},{"taxonomy":"supplier","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/supplier?post=166014"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}