Press Releases 2020

WACKER is extending its silicone portfolio to include silicone sealants based on renewable raw materials.

The Supervisory Board of Wacker Chemie AG approved today the conclusion of an irrevocable undertaking with GlobalWafers Co., Ltd., a company based in Taiwan. Under this agreement, WACKER irrevocably undertakes to transfer its entire stake in Siltronic AG – accounting for some 30.8 percent – to GlobalWafers as part of a voluntary takeover bid that GlobalWafers will submit to Siltronic shareholders.

At its meeting today, the Supervisory Board of Wacker Chemie AG made key personnel decisions to ensure long-term continuity in the management of the Company. Rudolf Staudigl (66), President & CEO of the Executive Board of Wacker Chemie AG, will retire at the end of the next Annual Shareholders’ Meeting, scheduled for May 12, 2021. The Supervisory Board has appointed Christian Hartel (49), an Executive Board member since 2015, to succeed Staudigl as of the same date.

CureVac N.V. (Nasdaq: CVAC), a biopharmaceutical company developing a new class of transformative medicines based on messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA), and Wacker Chemie AG announced today that they had signed a contract for the manufacturing of CureVac’s COVID-19 vaccine candidate CVnCoV.

The Munich-based chemical com¬pany WACKER is to begin construction on a new production line for silane-terminated polymers at its site in Nünchritz, Germany, this year.

In Q3 2020, Wacker Chemie AG posted substantial sales and EBITDA growth versus a quarter ago but did not match its year-earlier figures.

A special honor has been bestowed upon researchers from the WACKER Group and from the WACKER Institute for Silicon Chemistry at the Technical University of Munich, Germany.

Wacker Chemie AG is moving forward with “Shape the Future,” its efficiency program initiated last November.

Wacker Chemie AG is expanding its Chinese polymer activities by investing around USD 100 million in building two new production plants at its Nanjing site.

The Munich-based WACKER chemical group has achieved another milestone in the use of renewable raw materials for silicone production.

WACKER POLYMERS is to raise prices for vinyl acetate-ethylene and ethylene-vinyl chloride-based copolymer dispersions of the VINNAPAS^® and VINNOL^® brands in North America.

The results of two studies show that WACKER’s hydroxytyrosol HTEssence^® has a positive effect on heart health.

Today, Munich-based chemical group WACKER opened a global competence center for thermal interface materials in Shanghai, China.

Munich-based chemical Group WACKER has honored Korean employees SeungA Lee and JungEun Lee with the Alexander Wacker Innovation Award for the development of new silicone resins for optical bonding applications.

Rudolf Staudigl, President and CEO of the Munich-based chemical group, discussed the pandemic’s economic effects in his speech, which had been published in advance on the WACKER website and delivered live to shareholders during the virtual meeting.

Wacker Chemie AG finished Q2 2020 with total sales and EBITDA declining versus the same period last year.

WACKER, the Munich-based chemicals Group, is investing in its production facilities for biologics, LMPs (live microbial products) and vaccines at its Amsterdam site.

The Munich-based WACKER Group is supporting a project by the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) to build up an innovation platform for sustainable construction.

Munich-based chemical company WACKER is bundling its high-quality silicone additives for the household and personal care industry under a new brand name.

Coffee specialties like cappuccino, latte macchiato and café au lait are all characterized by a creamy milk foam.

Due to the ongoing corona pandemic, Wacker Chemie AG has decided to hold a virtual Annual Shareholders’ Meeting this year, without the physical presence of its shareholders or their proxies.

Munich-based chemical company WACKER has added two products to its silicone portfolio for hair care products: the silicone fluid emulsion BELSIL^® DM 3200 E and the gloss agent BELSIL^® PF 100.

Wacker Chemie AG’s total sales in Q1 2020 declined slightly versus a year ago, but its EBITDA was substantially higher, both year over year and quarter over quarter.

Dr. Susanne Leonhartsberger (48) takes over as president of WACKER BIOSOLUTIONS on April 1, 2020.

WACKER is expanding its new product line of polymeric binders based on renewable raw materials.

On receiving an inquiry from the Bavarian Ministry of Economic Affairs, Munich-based chemical group WACKER this weekend made the unbureaucratic gesture of donating chemicals for the production of 15,000 liters of hand sanitizer for the production of disinfectants to Bavarian hospitals and care facilities.

Wacker Chemie AG has decided to postpone this year’s Annual Shareholders’ Meeting due to the current official restrictions on large-scale events and in order to protect the health of participants.

As already reported, Wacker Chemie AG's total sales for 2019 almost matched the prior-year level.

Yesterday, Wacker Chemie AG’s Supervisory Board re-appointed Chief Financial Officer Tobias Ohler (49) to the Executive Board for another five years.

WACKER has received the platinum recognition level from EcoVadis for 2020.

Wacker Biotech is now marketing its technology platform for developing and manufacturing Live Microbial Products (LMPs) under the brand name LIBATEC^®.

Today, Wacker Chemie AG announced its initial plans for its “Zukunft gestalten” (Shape the Future) efficiency program.

Wacker Chemie AG closed 2019 in line with its own expectations.

“Daily CO₂ footprint – how accurate is my estimate?” This is the kind of question employees attending the first WACKER Sustainability Forum discussed at HQ in Munich.

Wacker Biotech has reached a major milestone in supporting Ascendis Pharma’s TransCon^TM CNP program.