18 April 2016
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officially opened its new polysilicon production site
in the US State of Tennessee.
The ceremony in Charleston was attended
by numerous guests from politics, business
and government, including
* Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam and
* the state’s two US Senators, Lamar Alexander
and Bob Corker.
The new site is WACKER’s largest single investment ever,
totaling some US$ 2.5 billion.
WACKER began starting up individual plant sections
at Charleston in December after a construction period
of just under five years.
So far, about 1,000 metric tons of polysilicon
have been produced there. In the coming months,
WACKER will gradually ramp up production
and expects to reach Charleston’s full capacity
of over 20,000 metric tons per year
in the third quarter of 2016. Currently,
the site has about 600 employees and,
when fully operational, should have some 650.
CEO WACKER
“CHARLESTON GIVES US THE CAPACITY
TO MEET DEMAND GROWTH
FOR OUR HIGH-GRADE POLYSILICON
AND THE BASIS FOR
A FULLY INTEGRATED PRODUCTION SITE IN
THE WORLD’S SECOND-LARGEST CHEMICAL MARKET”
Contact
Media Relations & Information
Christof Bachmair
Tel. +49 89 6279-1830
Email christof.bachmair@wacker.com
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Contact for Analysts and Investors
Wacker Chemie AG
Investor Relations
Joerg Hoffmann
Tel. +49 89 6279-1633
Email joerg.hoffmann@wacker.com
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