Germany · Delayed Price · Currency is EUR Wacker Chemie AG Company Description
Wacker Chemie AG, together with its subsidiaries, produces and sells chemical products in Europe, Asia, the Americas, and internationally.
The company operates through four segments: Silicones, Polymers, Biosolutions, and Polysilicon. It offers silanes, siloxanes, silicone fluids, silicone emulsions, silicone elastomers, silicone resins, and pyrogenic silica; and binders and polymeric additives, including dispersible polymer powders and dispersions.
The company also provides pharmaceutical proteins, vaccines, cyclodextrins, cysteine, polyvinyl acetate solid resins, and acetylacetone, as well as pharmaceutical actives, food additives, and agrochemicals; and hyperpure polysilicon.
In addition, it engages in forums; e-business, such as ERP system, EDI integration, delivery forecast, and e-invoicing; and support services.
The company serves automotive, construction, chemical, semiconductor, consumer goods, medical technology, pharmaceutical, and photovoltaic industries.
It exports its products. The company was formerly known as Wacker-Chemie GMBH and changed its name to Wacker Chemie AG in October 2005.
Wacker Chemie AG was founded in 1914 and is headquartered in Munich, Germany. The company operates as a subsidiary of Dr.
Alexander Wacker Familiengesellschaft mbH.
| Country | Germany |
| Founded | 1914 |
| Industry | Specialty Chemicals |
| Sector | Materials |
| Employees | 16,467 |
| CEO | Christian Hartel |
Contact Details
Address: Gisela-Stein-Strasse 1 Munich, 81671 Germany | |
| Phone | 49 89 6279 0 |
| Website | wacker.com |
Stock Details
| Ticker Symbol | WCH |
| Exchange | Deutsche Börse Xetra |
| Fiscal Year | January - December |
| Reporting Currency | EUR |
| ISIN Number | DE000WCH8881 |
| SIC Code | 2821 |
Key Executives
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Dr. Christian Hartel | Chief Executive Officer, President and Member of Executive Board |
| Dr. Tobias Ohler | Chief Financial Officer and Member of the Executive Board |
| Angela Worl | Head of Human Resource, Personnel Director and Member of Executive Board |
| Dr. Christian Kirsten | Member of the Executive Board |
| Rainald Hagenhues | Head of Corproate Accounting and Tax |
| Joerg Hoffmann C.F.A. | Head of Investor Relations |
| Joerg Krey | Senior Vice President of Corporate Engineering and CDO Operations |
| Mathias Wiedemann | President of Biosolutions division |
| Martina Schulze-Adams | Senior Vice President of Corporate Research & Development and Head of Consortium |
| Peter Summo | President of Polymers Business |