Angela Wörl to succeed Hartel as Personnel Director on the Executive Board

11-Dec-2020

At its meeting, the Supervisory Board of Wacker Chemie AG made key personnel decisions to ensure long-term continuity in the management of the Company. Rudolf Staudigl (66), President & CEO of the Executive Board of Wacker Chemie AG, will retire at the end of the next Annual Shareholders’ ...

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18-Mar-2020

As already reported, Wacker Chemie AG's total sales for 2019 almost matched the prior-year level. On presenting its annual report, the Munich-based chemical company announced that Group sales came in at €4.93 billion in 2019 (2018: €4.98 billion). The slight decline of 1 percent was mainly due to ...

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More than 1,000 jobs are expected to go by the end of 2022

21-Feb-2020

Wacker Chemie AG announced its initial plans for its “Zukunft gestalten” (Shape the Future) efficiency program. WACKER expects to save €250 million a year by reducing material costs and in-house services and by creating a leaner company structure. The program’s central task is to realign WACKER’s ...

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29-Jan-2020

Wacker Chemie AG closed 2019 in line with its own expectations. According to preliminary figures, the Munich-based chemical group posted total sales of €4.93 billion last year, which is almost on par with a year earlier (2018: €4.98 billion). The slight decline of 1 percent was mainly due to ...

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18-Nov-2019

Wacker Chemie AG’s new silicon-metal production plant officially went on stream at the Holla site in Norway, following two and a half years of construction. The new furnace is one of the largest of its kind in the world and increases the Holla site’s total capacity by more than 40 percent. The ...

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25-Oct-2019

In Q3 2019, Wacker Chemie AG grew sales year over year and, due to special income, also its EBITDA. Reporting-quarter sales at the Munich chemical group came in at €1,267.9 million (Q3 2018: €1,242.7 million). That was a gain of 2 percent. This growth was fueled chiefly by positive volume and ...

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17-Oct-2019

Based on its latest estimates, Wacker Chemie AG expects several key financial performance indicators for 2019 to be lower than previously projected. Full-year Group sales are likely to be on par with last year (previous guidance: mid-single-digit percentage increase). EBITDA is anticipated to be ...

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04-Oct-2019

The Munich-based WACKER Group officially brought a plant for manufacturing pyrogenic silica on stream at its US site in Charleston, Tennessee. The facility has an annual production capacity of 13,000 metric tons. WACKER will use this output both for sales purposes and for its own silicone ...

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13-Sep-2019

Wacker Chemie AG is intensifying its research activities on silicon-based materials for high-performance batteries by taking a holding in Nexeon Ltd. The Munich-based chemical company announced that it is acquiring a 25 percent stake in the UK specialist for new battery materials. WACKER and ...

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04-Sep-2019

Following a construction phase lasting 20 months, Wacker Chemie AG has brought a new spray dryer for the production of dispersible polymer powders on stream in Ulsan, South Korea. The plant is part of an ongoing site expansion aimed at boosting the company’s production capacity for dispersions ...

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