Chemicals & MaterialsAug 10, 2026

Elkem ASA

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Year Founded & Workforce

1903-12-31

7,000 Employees

Industry

Chemicals & Materials

Services

Elkem ASA Overview

Company Headquarters: Oslo, Norway

Founded: 1904

Workforce: ~7,000

Company Working: Elkem ASA is one of the world’s fully integrated silicone manufacturers, with R&I laboratories, production sites, and sales offices located in Europe, North America, Latin America, and Asia Pacific. The company has 12 plants across Norway, China, Iceland, Canada, India, Paraguay, and the United Kingdom. In addition, several R&D centers, quartz mines, processing sites and an extensive global sourcing and sales network contribute to its global reach. The company operates through 3 major segments, namely, Elkem silicones, Elkem silicon products, and Elkem carbon solutions. It offers textile coating systems under its silicones segment.

Strategy

The company aims to meet future ambitions through three corporate initiatives in the fields of digital transformation, ESG, and people. The company is focused on investments across its business areas along with expansion in key regions such as Asia. R&D initiatives are crucial in order to generate innovative items for new market demands, and these efforts include energy-efficient production techniques and ecologically friendly goods. The projects overseen by Elkem R&D are focused on this global value chain optimization, which is also the cornerstone of Elkem's business strategy.

Company Snapshot

$2,021.12M

Revenue

7,000

Employees

1903-12-31

Founded

Oslo, Norway

Headquarters

SWOT Analysis

Strengths

Strong year on year financial growth
Focused R&D
Increasing year-on-year revenue
Wide range of silicone products
Global presence
12 R&D centers

Weaknesses

High debt
Interest-bearing debt of USD 547.32 million as of 2021

Opportunities

Growing demand from Chinese and Indian markets for concrete and cement additives.
Strategic acquisitions
Focus on developing new sustainable business areas such as battery materials, energy recovery, and biocarbon
Digital transformation

Threats

Volatility in raw material prices
Fluctuating currency exchange rates
Regulatory framework and political tensions

Key Developments

Date	Approach	Development
February 2022	Expansion	• Elkem ASA was awarded a funding for its silicone expansion plans in France, through the French government’s “France Relance” recovery plan. • The company was awarded USD 34.8 million project to expand its upstream silicone intermediate units in Roussillon, France.

Product Offering

Elkem ASA
- Cement and Concrete Additives
- Global Textile Coatings Market

Financial Performance

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Sales Leader, Bamberg

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Peter Groot Koerkamp

Account and Business Manager, EFS-Holland BV

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Younghwan Choi

Senior Retail Manager, LG Chem

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Mark Irwin

Management Consultant, Level 21

I am very pleased with how market segments have been defined in a relevant way for my purposes (such as "Portable Freezers & refrigerators" and "last-mile"). In general the report is well structured. Thanks very much for your efforts.

Rob Kooiker

Group Product Manager HVAC & Fire Protection GMA, Rockwool

I have been reading the first document or the study, the Global HVAC and FP market report 2021 till 2026. Must say, good info! I have not gone in depth at all parts, but got a good indication of the data inside!

Jason Lee

R&D Director, Seojin

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Akif Moroglu

Strategy & Business Development Director, Dogan Holding

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Elkem ASA

Company Headquarters: Oslo, Norway Founded: 1904 Workforce: ~7,000 Company Working: Elkem ASA is one of the world’s fully integrated silicone manufacturers, with R&I laboratories, production sites, and sales offices located in Europe, North America, Latin America, and Asia Pacific. The company has 12 plants across Norway, China, Iceland, Canada, India, Paraguay, and the United Kingdom. In addition, several R&D centers, quartz mines, processing sites and an extensive global sourcing and sales network contribute to its global reach. The company operates through 3 major segments, namely, Elkem silicones, Elkem silicon products, and Elkem carbon solutions. It offers textile coating systems under its silicones segment.

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