as fwb wch industry chemicals founded 1914 headquarters munich germany key people rudolf staudigl ceo and chairman of the executive board peter alexander wacker chairman of the supervisory board products silicon for the semiconductor industry silane silicones polymers polycrystalline silicon fine chemicals biotechnology revenue 5.296 billion 2015 1 operating income 473.4 million 2015 1 profit 241.8 million 2015 1 total assets 7.264 billion end 2015 1 total equity 2.795 billion end 2015 1 number of employees 16 972 end 2015 1 website www.wacker.com wacker chemie ag is a worldwide operating company in the chemical business founded 1914 . the company is controlled by the wacker family holding more than 50 percent of the shares . the corporation is operating more than 25 production sites in europe asia and the americas . the product range includes silicone rubbers polymer products like ethylene vinyl acetate redispersible polymer powder chemical materials polysilicon and wafers for semiconductor industry . the company sells its products in more than 100 countries . as of 31 december 2015 16 972 employees have been with wacker . corporate annual sales in 2015 were about 5 3 billion euros up 10 % compared to 2014 . the biggest production site of wacker chemie is the burghausen plant in the south east of bavaria germany with about 10 000 employees . the us headquarters are located at adrian michigan . contents 1 business activity 2 wacker chemie in the united states 3 references 4 external links business activity edit wacker chemie ag divided into 5 divisions derives most of its products from two main raw materials silicon and ethylene . siltronic supplies the semi conductor market with wafers . wacker polysilicon produces hyper pure polysilicon for use in electronic and solar wafers . wacker silicones serves end markets like construction automobile paints textiles and paper . starting from ethylene wacker polymers serves mainly the construction industry with redispersible powders and several other industries with dispersions . wacker biosolutions focuses on using bio technological processes to serve its customers . wacker polymers a division of wacker chemie ag has appointed peter summo 48 as its next president effective 1 october . summo previously headed the engineering silicones business unit at wacker silicones . he is succeeding arno von der eltz who is retiring on this date . 2 wacker chemie in the united states edit wacker us headquarters adrian michigan wacker broke ground in 2011 on a new solar grade polysilicon production facility in bradley county tennessee . at a cost of 2 billion the plant will be the german company s largest investment ever . end of 2007 wacker took over vinyl acetate ethylene operations from air products polymers . consequently it took full ownership of the activities in allentown pa and calvert city kentucky . wacker s us headquarters are located in adrian michigan where wacker chemical corporation is producing silicon materials . wacker also runs operations in ohio iowa oregon and california . references edit a b c d e f annual report 2015 . wacker chemie . retrieved 23 may 2016 . wacker appoints new president for its polymers division . worldofchemicals . 5 october 2016 . retrieved 30 september 2016 . external links edit official website wacker north america v t e mdax companies of germany aareal bank airbus group aurubis axel springer bilfinger brenntag cts eventim deutsche euroshop deutsche pfandbriefbank deutsche wohnen d rr elringklinger evonik industries fielmann fraport fuchs petrolub gea group gerresheimer dmg mori seiki ag hannover re hella hochtief hugo boss jungheinrich kabel deutschland kion group kl ckner krones kuka lanxess leg immobilien leoni man metro mtu aero engines norma group osram prosiebensat .1 media rheinmetall rh n klinikum rtl group salzgitter s dzucker symrise stada tag talanx wacker chemie wincor nixdorf zalando authority control worldcat identities 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