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speech, Wacker CEO Rudolf Staudigl highlighted the fact that growth opportunities are arising due to photo- voltaics’ continued progress around the globe. “Cost for electricity produced by pho- tovoltaic systems has de- clined markedly in recent years. Consequently, this way of generating energy has become even more competi- tive, which is opening up new markets,” he explained. New ly installed global
growth in 2017. However, the 9.9 percent growth witnessed in 2014, before the slowdown, is unlikely to repeat in the near-term. The forecast is based on the assumption that the macro economy will revive during this period. According to the 2016 forecast, the highest growth will come from the Americas region, fol-
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capacity would grow again this year, Dr. Staudigl added, and amount to between 60 and 70 gigawatts, according to the company’s estimates. Ca- pacity additions would be par- ticularly high in China, the U.S., Japan and India. “In the photo- voltaic sector, silicon technology has clearly beaten other technologies,” said Staudigl. “This will spur de- mand for high-grade material of the best quality, as supplied by Wacker.” Over the last 10 years, the company has reportedly invested over $3 bil- lion in the U.S.
Photovoltaics Market Grows Slowly
According to a June 9, 2016, ar-
ticle in Solar Industry Magazine, GTM Research and the Solar Energy Industry Association’s U.S. Solar Market Insight, the Q2 2016 report says that the U.S. solar industry will install an unprecedented 14.5 GW of capacity this year — a 94 percent jump over the 7.5 GW installed in 2015. The report also states that so- lar PV accounted for 64 percent of all new electric generating capacity in the U.S. during the first quarter. The outlook for the semiconduc-
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tor industry, however, indicates somewhat slower growth. In an on- line report dated December 24, 2015, Paige Tanner reports: “WSTS (World Semiconductor Trade Statistics) ex- pects the worldwide semiconductor market to grow just 0.2 percent to $336 billion in 2015. However, it ex- pects the market to pick up its pace over the coming years, with 1.4 per- cent growth in 2016 and 3.1 percent
From left: Tennessee Senator Lamar Alexander, Tennessee Governor Bill
Haslam, Dr. Peter-Alexander Wacker, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Wacker Chemie AG, Wacker President
and CEO Dr. Rudolf Staudigl, Tennessee Senator Bob Corker, and Representative Kevin Brooks.
lowed by a revival in Japan and loss- improvement in Europe. However, the Asia-Pacific region — the key semiconductor market that has been driving growth in the industry so far — will witness a slowdown, mainly due to China’s weakened economy.”
Fostering Community Beyond the regional impact of
creating 600 new jobs, Wacker has partnered with Chattanooga State Community College’s engineering technology division to create the Wacker Institute. Graduates are pre- pared to enter the workplace as chemical process engineering techni- cians for the region’s diverse chemi- cal manufacturing companies. Ultimately, this partnership
will include a new apprenticeship model in three academic focus areas: chemical operations, electrical and instrumentation (E&I) and mechani- cal systems maintenance. For select students, the apprenticeship will combine academic and practical ex- periences with paid, on-the-job train- ing over the course of five semesters. The expected number of employees at the fully-operational Wacker facil- ity is 650. Contact: Wacker Polysilicon
North America, LLC, 553 Wacker Boulevard NW, Charleston, TN 37310 % 423-902-9788 Web:
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North American PCB Shipments Up 5.6%
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in the survey sample this month. The revised ratios are 1.05 in January, 1.04 in February and 1.05 in March. April’s 1.02 book-to-bill continues a positive trend indicating continued sales growth in the second and third quarters.” The book-to-bill ratios are cal-
culated by dividing the value of or- ders booked over the past three months by the value of sales billed during the same period from compa-
nies in IPC’s survey sample. A ratio of more than 1.00 suggests that cur- rent demand is ahead of supply, which is a positive indicator for sales growth over the next three to six months. A ratio of less than 1.00 in- dicates the reverse. IPC’s monthly PCB industry
statistics are based on data provided by a representative sample of both rigid PCB and flexible circuit manu- facturers selling in the USA and Canada. Web:
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