Germany's Wacker Chemie posts ?800 million loss in 2025

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2026-01-28

Munich (dpa) - German chemicals giant Wacker Chemie on Wednesday posted a record ?800 million ($958 million) loss in 2025, blaming weak market conditions. Declines in sales and earnings were mainly due to "lower capacity utilization rates in all divisions, lower volumes and prices in some cases, as well as negative currency effects," the Munich-based company said. Wacker is a leading international producer of polysilicon for the chip industry.......

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