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Wacker Chemie, Burghausen polysilicon

Burghausen, Germany48.17°N 12.85°E
computed criticality18/100
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In 2025 Wacker is bringing a new line (~300 M€) online in Burghausen that increases its capacity for ultra-pure semiconductor-grade polysilicon by about 50 %. The group presents itself as the only European producer of this material.
2025
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Presented as the only European producer of semiconductor-grade polysilicon, which concentrates a critical link of the chip chain on a very small number of sites.

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