Company Profile: Wacker Chemie

Integrated chemical, polysilicon and wafer manufacturer

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Next Generation Power
Owning the Energy Transition
Solar
Solar Components

Competitors	Dow Corning, Bayer, NuSil Technology - Solar Materials, Shin-Etsu Chemical, Solutia, 3M, STR Holdings
Relationships	Dow Corning (Joint venture partner)

Strategy & Markets

Wacker's silicone business sells products for power and distribution, electronic, transportation, industrial, medical, and solar...

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Last Update: April 03, 2019

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July 07, 2016	Analyst Insight	Wacker Chemie provides fuel to 1366 Technologies momentum
August 21, 2014	Analyst Insight	MOFCOM hits back at U.S. DOC for cell and module tariffs by closing polysilicon loophole
December 17, 2013	Analyst Insight	Chemical giants bet on China's growing construction and coatings markets
October 17, 2013	Analyst Insight	Pricing update: Prices on the upswing, but will not fully rebound to average 2012 levels
December 13, 2012	Analyst Insight	Hangzhou First PV Material puts incumbent encapsulant suppliers under pressure
December 13, 2012	Analyst Insight	Pricing update: Polysilicon prices grow increasingly volatile
November 15, 2012	Analyst Insight	Solar global trade wars continue with U.S. tariffs already in place
August 23, 2012	Analyst Insight	Pricing update: Polysilicon prices fall below $21/kg
May 03, 2012	Analyst Insight	Wacker expands production while LDK cuts back, the yin and yang of solar industry continues
October 20, 2011	Analyst Insight	Falling polysilicon prices indicate oversupply and uncertain demand
October 07, 2010	Analyst Insight	Lux publishes Q2 2010 Solar Supply Tracker, showing growing demand stretching upstream supply
June 24, 2010	Analyst Insight	Lux publishes Q1 2010 Solar Supply Tracker, presenting production and capacity data by company
March 23, 2010	Analyst Insight	Wacker integrates fine chemicals and biotechnology divisions
December 10, 2009	Analyst Insight	Chinese investment funds shore up major poly manufacturers
October 22, 2009	Analyst Insight	China's polysilicon oversupply a mounting concern
April 30, 2009	Analyst Insight	Poly spot pricing continues to slide, reportedly below $70/kg
April 16, 2009	Analyst Insight	Knoxville, Tennessee emerges as a fast follower in the race to build solar clusters
April 09, 2009	Analyst Insight	Polysilicon prices now significantly below $100/kg
August 16, 2007	Analyst Insight	Silicon manufacturing capacity continues to increase with Sumitomo investment
July 19, 2007	Analyst Insight	Hemlock announced plans to increase its annual capacity
June 28, 2007	Analyst Insight	Silicon based photovoltaics expected to dominate in the next decade, as research in alternative solar technologies intensify

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