At the opening ceremony for the Etching Line Next (from left to right): Site Manager Peter von Zumbusch, Parliamentary State Secretary Bärbel Kofler (BMZ), WACKER Supervisory Board Chairman Peter-Alexander Wacker, Bavarian Minister-President Markus Söder, WACKER CEO Christian Hartel, Parliamentary State Secretary Gitta Connemann (BMWE) and Head of Polysilicon Tobias Brandis (photo: Wacker Chemie AG).