Strategy of the WACKER Group

WACKER pursues overarching strategic goals. The core elements are profitable growth, leading competitive positions in our business divisions and achieving sustainability. The element that binds together our goals is our corporate purpose: Our solutions make a better world for generations.

In 2022, WACKER published goals for the Group and its individual business divisions for the period up to 2030. We have reviewed these goals with due consideration given to the PACE cost-cutting project launched in October 2025. Under PACE, production and administration expenses are to be reduced to a competitive level. The aim is to save more than €300 million a year by employing appropriate measures. The measures are to be completed by the end of 2027.

Our aim is to accelerate our sales growth over the next few years and increase our earning power by prioritizing improved margins rather than volume growth. Our investments underpin our growth. To this end, we will systematically pursue our specialties strategy in the chemical divisions. We intend to significantly increase capacity utilization at our Biosolutions division’s plants. In the polysilicon business, our clear priority is semiconductors, where we aim to remain the world’s market and quality leader.

WACKER is focusing on sustainability as a powerful driver of future growth in this area. Our products and solutions help our customers to become more sustainable. Two-thirds of WACKER’s product portfolio already contributes to sustainable solutions. Increasing demand in this area is creating growth opportunities, which we want to leverage effectively.

We are also working to enhance our own sustainability. In December 2021, WACKER published specific sustainability targets for the period up to 2030. The main target is to reduce absolute greenhouse gas emissions by half during that time frame. WACKER aims to achieve a net zero carbon footprint by 2045. Our sustainability targets remain unchanged.

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