Press Photos

Jörg Krey, WACKER’s head of Technical Procurement & Logistics (left), received the 2015 Responsible Care award from Günter von Au, president of Bavaria’s chemical industry associations (right). The Munich-based WACKER Group was cited for its sustainable approach to using raw materials efficiently and avoiding empty freight containers in overseas trade (photo: PNP/Deubelli).

Sjaak Elmendorp, Vice President Innovations at Avery Dennison (right), and Pascal Braker, Commodity Leader Chemicals Europe (second from left), presented this year’s supplier award for sustainability. WACKER Executive Board member Auguste Willems (second from right) and Daniele Borlatto, Executive Vice President and President Release Liners at Munksjö, accepted the awards. (Photo: Avery Dennison)

Bavaria’s state secretary for economic affairs, Franz Josef Pschierer (far right), presented the Bavarian Energy Award to Ewald Schindlbeck, president of WACKER POLYSILICON (far left), and to Werner Klenk (left) and Claus Burkhardt, both from the energy technology company Burkhardt. Munich-based WACKER received the award for its highly efficient polysilicon production (photo: Bayern Innovativ).

Aerial view of the WACKER site in Burghausen in 1920.

In 1918, Bavaria’s King Ludwig III visited the new WACKER site. The king is at the picture’s center foreground at right, with Alexander Wacker at left.