Wacker Chemie

As of 2026-10-09, Wacker Chemie has 0 tracked suppliers and 11 tracked customers in this dataset.

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Major polysilicon and silicone maker supplying semiconductor-grade silicon.

Ticker: ETR: WCH
Headquarters: München, DE
Founded: 1914
Revenue: $6.2B (FY2025) · -4.1% YoY
Net income: $-924M
Operating margin: 6.3%
Market position: major
Value-chain segment: Silicon Wafers, Photoresists & Chemicals
Key products: Semiconductor-grade polysilicon (hyper-pure), Pyrogenic silica (HDK), Silicone fluids, elastomers, and resins

About Wacker Chemie

Wacker Chemie, headquartered in Germany, operates in the Silicon Wafers and Photoresists & Chemicals segments of the semiconductor & AI supply chain and is positioned as a market major there. Its key products include Semiconductor-grade polysilicon (hyper-pure), Pyrogenic silica (HDK), Silicone fluids, elastomers, and resins. wafergraph maps 11 tracked customers for Wacker Chemie across the value chain. It has a supply-chain criticality score of 70/100, with 247 companies downstream of it.

Wacker Chemie AG is a German multinational chemical company which was founded in 1914 by Alexander Wacker. The company is controlled by the Wacker family holding more than 50 percent of the shares. The corporation operates more than 25 production sites in Europe, Asia, and the Americas.

Role in the chain

Wacker Chemie is a market major in Materials (Silicon Wafers), headquartered in Germany. Major polysilicon and silicone maker supplying semiconductor-grade silicon.

Diligence questions

The dataset names 11 tracked customers for Wacker Chemie. How concentrated is demand among those names, and which of them have a documented second source in this graph?
Wacker Chemie is headquartered in Germany. What jurisdiction, export-control or logistics risk sits at that HQ, versus at the fabs or plants the filings actually name?
Wacker Chemie trades as ETR:WCH. What does the latest reported period say about capacity and backlog versus the graph position above?
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