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Wednesday, 29 January 2014

Analysis of Wacker Chemie


A German chemical company dealing with silicon


Company: Wacker Chemie AG

Business: A German chemistry (polymer) company. They are divided into five divisions: Siltronic (producing hyperpure silicon for electronic devices), Wacker Silicones (producing silicon and silane), Wacker Polymers (making binders and polymer additives), Wacker Biosolutions (producing Cavasol and Cavamax as well as pharmaceutical proteins) and finally Wacker Polysilicon (making polycrystalline silicon that are used for solarcells). The big chunks of revenue sources are 22% from construction, 17% from solar and 22% from semiconductors.

Active: Production takes place in Europe, America and Asia. They are active with sales on five continents.

P/E: 38.6