Group Structure and Operations

WACKER Sales and Production Sites1
WACKER Sales and Production Sites (map)
1 Only majority-owned subsidiaries

WACKER is a globally active company with state-of-the-art specialty chemical products found in countless everyday items. Ranging from cosmetic powders to solar cells, our products are used, for example, as starting materials for non-naturally occurring actives. They also permit new production processes or make existing ones more environmentally friendly and cost-effective. Often, WACKER products are additives that, even in trace amounts, impart novel or improved properties to well-known materials. Our portfolio includes over 3,500 products supplied to more than 3,500 customers in over 100 countries.

WACKER’s Key Figures: Over 3,500 Products, More Than 3,500 Customers, Active in Over 100 Countries

Most of our products are based on inorganic starting materials. Silicon-based products account for 80% of WACKER sales, and products that are primarily ethylene-related for 20%. Our customers range from the consumer goods, food, pharmaceutical, textile, solar, electrical/electronic and basic-chemical sectors, to medical technology, biotech and mechanical engineering. As a manufacturer of silicones and polymers, WACKER is particularly well represented in the automotive and construction sectors. Plus, we are a key supplier of silicon wafers to the semiconductor industry. As one of the largest producers of polycrystalline silicon, WACKER is also a major raw-material supplier to the solar industry.

At WACKER, global is normal. To be near our customers, we reinforced our global-market presence in 2009. Our market penetration is getting steadily stronger, especially in the world’s growth regions – with our technical centers paving the way. They enable customers to learn about WACKER’s product portfolio, to discuss their specific requirements with specialists, to test different solutions and to use the labs for their own development projects. In 2009, we opened technical centers in Mumbai, India (our 19th) and Allentown, USA (the 20th). Plus, we expanded our Dubai and Shanghai centers. In Shanghai, WACKER now has over ten labs to develop and test silicones and polymer products.

Two New Technical Competence Centers Open in Mumbai (India) and Allentown (USA)

Our production operations are equally global. WACKER has a presence in all key regions – with a total of 26 production sites in Europe (eight), the Americas (nine) and Asia (nine). Due to our exit from solar wafers, the number of European production sites has dropped from nine to eight.

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Technical Competence Centers

 

 

Site

 

Business Division

 

Select Industries

 

 

 

 

 

The Americas

 

 

 

 

Adrian, Michigan

 

WACKER SILICONES

 

Construction, automotive, medical technology, electronics, chemicals, cosmetics, textiles, paper

Allentown, Pennsylvania

 

WACKER POLYMERS

 

Adhesives, construction, paints and surface coatings

Portland, Oregon

 

SILTRONIC

 

Computers, telecommunications, consumer electronics

Jandira, São Paulo

 

WACKER SILICONES, WACKER POLYMERS

 

Construction, chemicals, cosmetics, textiles, paper

 

 

 

 

 

Asia

 

 

 

 

Dubai

 

WACKER SILICONES, WACKER POLYMERS

 

Construction

Kolkata

 

WACKER SILICONES

 

Chemicals, cosmetics, textiles, paper

Mumbai

 

WACKER SILICONES, WACKER POLYMERS

 

Construction, chemicals, plastics

Beijing

 

WACKER POL YMERS

 

Construction

Shanghai

 

WACKER SILICONES, WACKER POLYMERS

 

Construction, automotive, medical technology, electronics, chemicals, cosmetics, paper, paints and surface coatings

Shunde

 

WACKER SILICONES

 

Textiles

Singapore

 

WACKER SILICONES, WACKER POLYMERS

 

Construction, automotive, medical technology, electronics, chemicals, cosmetics, textiles

 

 

SILTRONIC

 

Computers, telecommunications, consumer electronics

Hsinchu

 

SILTRONIC

 

Computers, telecommunications, consumer electronics

Suwon

 

WACKER POLYMERS

 

Construction

Akeno

 

WACKER SILICONES

 

Automotive, electronics, moldmaking, chemicals, cosmetics, textiles, paper

Hikari

 

SILTRONIC

 

Computers, telecommunications, consumer electronics

Melbourne

 

WACKER POLYMERS

 

Construction

 

 

 

 

 

Europe

 

 

 

 

Moscow

 

WACKER SILICONES, WACKER POLYMERS

 

Construction

 

 

 

 

 

Germany

 

 

 

 

Burghausen

 

WACKER SILICONES, WACKER POLYMERS

 

Construction, automotive, medical technology, electronics, chemicals, cosmetics, textiles, paper, adhesives, paints and surface coatings

 

 

SILTRONIC

 

Computers, telecommunications, consumer electronics

Freiberg, Saxony

 

SILTRONIC

 

Computers, telecommunications, consumer electronics

Nünchritz

 

WACKER SILICONES

 

Construction