WACKER FINE CHEMICALS  WACKER FINE CHEMICALS, a division of Wacker Chemie AG, is a global technology leader and customized-solutions expert in fine chemicals and biotechnology. Production sites in Europe and the United States, extensive R&D expertise, technology centers and a global distribution network provide complete customer support.  With several research labs and both organic synthesis and biotechnology pilot plants, WACKER is well equipped to translate new developments from the laboratory to commercial production. Our plant is ISO 9001/14001 certified.  The Fine Chemicals operation produces organic fine chemicals and organosilanes in several multi-purpose units at our Burghausen plant in Germany. WACKER's technology strengths include ketene/diketene chemistry, acetoacetate chemistry, chlorination reactions, organometallic reactions, organosilane chemistry and chiral chemistry including asymmetric Reformatsky synthesis, enzymatic resolution and resolution by diastereomer crystallization.  WACKER also produces various heterocyclic compounds including isoxazoles, pyrroles, thiazoles, pyrazoles, thiophenes, furanes, pyrimidines and pyridenes.  The Biochem operation is responsible for producing and marketing the new bio-technological products developed by WACKER's basic research. The first activities in this line are products based on cyclodextrins and the amino acid cysteine.  WACKER is the world's leading producer of cyclodextrin products, including parent (natural) cyclodextrins, cyclodextrin derivatives and inclusion complexes (encapsulated products). Production plants are located in Eddyville, IA, USA and Burghausen, Germany, and Application Laboratories, located in Adrian, MI USA and Burghausen, Germany, we can help you use cyclodextrins to develop new or improved products.  WACKER's cysteine products are produced using a novel fermentation process. The process is based on a bacterial strain which has been 'metabolically designed' to synthesize L-Cysteine from dextrose and is the only process to use renewable resources of non-human or non-animal origin.