Production (unaudited section)
Production output rose by a mid-single-digit percentage year over year. Production costs, on the other hand, fell slightly.
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% |
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Plant Utilization Rate |
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WACKER SILICONES |
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97 |
WACKER POLYMERS |
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93 |
WACKER POLYSILICON |
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100 |
Capital expenditures for 2021 amounted to €343.8 million (2020: €224.4 million). Maintenance costs totaled around €386.2 million.
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Location |
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Projects |
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Year |
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Amsterdam |
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Capacity expansion and integration of specific mRNA customer processes |
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2021 |
Burghausen |
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Capacity expansion for the production of hydrophobic silica |
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2021 |
Burghausen |
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Capacity expansion of silicone-based facility |
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2021 |
Priorities of the Productivity Program
The ongoing Wacker Operating System (WOS) program is helping us boost productivity along the entire value chain. The most important goal is to continue reducing specific operating costs each year. In 2021, we handled 1,000 improvement projects, involving savings spanning all cost types. The focus of improvement measures in 2021 was to increase capacity amid high utilization of production facilities. An additional focus was on measures to reduce specific energy consumption in the interest of sustainability.
As a response to the coronavirus pandemic, the WOS ACADEMY developed several new online courses in 2021 and provided training to over 100 employees in improvement methods such as Six-Sigma and LEAN.
