WACKER Tennessee
Since 2016, our new site in Charleston (Tennessee, USA) has been producing polysilicon for the photovoltaic industry. The new 2.5-billion-dollar site is WACKER’s single largest investment ever.
In 2019, a new pyrogenic-silica plant is due to come on stream there. In the medium term, we intend to grow Charleston into a fully integrated production site for the North American market.
US $2.5 billion plant investment
650 new jobs
550-acre greenfield site
Bradley County, Tennessee
The polysilicon production site in Charleston, Tennessee, is WACKER’s largest single investment ever, totaling some US$2.5 billion. WACKER began starting up individual plant sections in Charleston in December after a construction period of just under five years. In the coming months, we will gradually ramp up production and expect to reach Charleston’s full capacity in the third quarter of 2016.
