Wacker Chemie AG

Wacker Chemie AG Overview

Company Headquarters: Munich, Germany

Founded: 1914

Workforce: ~13,811

Company Working: Wacker Chemie AG (Wacker) offers specialty chemicals across the globe. The company operates through five business segments, namely Wacker polymers, Wacker silicones, Wacker biosolutions, Wacker polysilicon, and others. The Wacker silicones segment provides emulsions, elastomers, sealants and resins, silanes, silicones, silicone fluids, and pyrogenic silicas for use in construction, paints and coatings, chemicals, cosmetics, textiles and leather, and paper industries as well as film coatings applications. Wacker has a significant presence in Europe, the Americas, and Asia.

It has 15 technical centers and operates through 23 production sites, out of which nine are in Europe, seven in the Americas, and seven in Asia.

Strategy

Wacker aims at continuously developing and supplying products and services that meet the rigorous demand from consumers. Moreover, it focuses on maintaining the market position by consistently investing on innovation capabilities and R&D facilities

Company Snapshot

$5,129.61M

Revenue

13,811

Employees

1914

Founded

Munich, Germany

Headquarters

SWOT Analysis

Strengths

Revenue growth by 8.5% between 2016 and 2017
Wide geographic presence
Wide presence

Weaknesses

Dependent on raw material suppliers
Fluctuating energy prices

Opportunities

Expansion and partnerships
Investments in R&D facilities
Expansion through alliances, partnerships, and agreements

Threats

High raw material prices
Liquidity risks
Foreign exchange rate fluctuations

Key Developments

Date	Approach	Development
14 December 2016	Expansion	Wacker announced to build a new production plant for its HDK brand of pyrogenic silica at the Charleston site in the US. The new facility will have an annual production capacity of about 13,000 metric tons and is projected to involve capital expenditure of around USD 150 million.

Product Offering

Wacker Chemie AG
- Pyrogenic Silica
- Wacker silicones

Financial Performance

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