• Business Divisions and Companies at the Site
• Vocational Training
• Raw Materials
• Integrated Silicon-Based Production System
• Power
• Logistics
• Our Voluntary Commitments at the Site

All of WACKER's five business divisions have production facilities at the Burghausen site. Beside WACKER, companies such as Vinnolit GmbH & Co. KG and LCP Technology GmbH operate at the site, too.

WACKER plays a leading role in Bavaria's vocational training sector. For decades, special attention has been paid to basic and advanced vocational training. The Burghausen Vocational Center (BBiW) – a Wacker Chemie AG foundation – offers numerous opportunities. These include initial and advanced vocational training as well as retraining in the fields of Chemistry/Physics, Metalworking and Electrical Engineering – as well as in commercial subjects, for which dual courses of study are now offered. This high-level basic and advanced training guarantees quality and secures the site's future.

Four main raw materials form the basis for production at the site: crude silicon, methanol, ethylene and rock salt. Over 3,000 different products are manufactured from these and other raw and auxiliary materials.

The integrated silicon-based production system is one of the site's key strengths. The system is based on the principle of multiple usage of products and raw materials in a network of optimized material loops. Our researchers and technical experts closely investigate the potential suitability of by-products obtained during one production process as feedstocks for parallel production processes. This saves energy and cuts resource consumption, too.

The site consumes around 1.5 bn kWh of electricity per year*, comparable to a city the size of Regensburg, Germany. The Alzwerke power plant - Germany's largest industrial hydroelectric plant - produces an annual 270 million kWh of electricity in an environmentally compatible manner. A state-of-the-art gas and steam cogeneration power plant covers the large part of remaining electricity needs.

Every year, some 900,000 metric tons* of WACKER products are shipped from the Burghausen site via rail and road. A modern logistics center with a container terminal and direct rail link enables the integration of storage and distribution processes for efficient transportation.

• High product and service quality is the primary goal.
• Our strong focus on quality and customer satisfaction is essential to our success.
• Safety, health and environmental protection must always be ensured.
• We are utterly committed to the principles of sustainable development and Responsible Care^®, as well as to national and international standards. WACKER's Integrated Management System (IMS) forms the basis for this.