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from Siltronic and the Polysilicon di- vision. First quarter sales forecasts of about €1.4 billion (USD $1.5 bil- lion) for the Wacker group have al- ready been exceeded. Dr. Rudolf Staudigl, president and CEO of Wacker, cautions that increasing costs of raw materials, including eth- ylene and coal, along with trade bar- riers, could cause damage to global supply chains. According to Staudigl, the solar
industry continues to show a strong growth trend, despite the overcapaci- ty in photovoltaics. While global mar- ket prices for solar modules continue to decline, photovoltaics are compet- ing with other energy sources and ex- panding the market. Wacker’s recently-opened poly-
silicon site in Charleston, Tennessee, is perfectly positioned to take advan- tage of this growth in the solar mar- ket and has successfully ramped up its nominal capacity of 20,000 metric tons or more per year. Polysilicon, the basic building block of semicon- ductors, is sure to benefit from the growth in the market for new sensors to support the ever-increasingly con- nected world. The success of the Charleston
plant has prompted an additional $150 million investment to construct a pyrogenic-silica plant and take the first step toward establishing a fully- integrated production site. The ex- pansion is scheduled to be completed in 2019. The company is also building a
28,000 ft2 (2,600m2) innovation lab in Ann Arbor, Michigan, for the devel- opment of silicone products for appli- cations that include health care, the automotive industry, construction, and electronics.
New Products on the Horizon The company is currently fo-
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are already being used for sensors and engine control units, with typical applications including chip bonding, potting compounds, thermally con- ductive adhesives, and sealants. Plug-in hybrid electric vehicles
generally run between 400 and 800V, use 15 to 150 kW motor/generator sets, and increasingly use IGBT mod- ules in power conversion units. Sili- cones are used for power module pot- ting, thermal interface materials (TIMs), conformal coatings, and gap fillers. Hybrid and all-electric vehicle batteries require thermal manage- ment, which is crucial for safety, per- formance and operating life. Sili- cones help to dissipate heat from the cell to the module, and from the mod- ule to the case. Silicone adhesives are used to mount discrete components to heatsinks on PCBs. Automotive display panels are
growing in size and in number. Fu- ture vehicles will be equipped with multiple displays for infotainment, instrument clusters, rear-seat enter- tainment, and smart mirrors. Wack- er has developed optically clear resins for automotive displays to meet durability, temperature resist- ance, enhanced readability, reduced reflection, and contour demands. The company’s factory in
Burghausen, Germany, is also devel- oping a range of innovative products. These include: touch films with em- bedded sensors; medical applications for permeable wound care, which are easy to remove and minimize scar- ring, along with dermal drug deliv- ery systems and implantables; “su- per-adhesives” and insulating prod- ucts for construction; 3D printing/sil- icone gel systems for medical device and automotive applications; and an- ti-graffiti surface coatings. Contact: Wacker Chemical
Corp., 3301 Sutton Road, Adrian, MI 49221 % 888-922-5374 fax: 517-264-8246 Web:
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