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Wacker will expand silicon in Norway

by Alexander H. Tullo
March 13, 2017 | A version of this story appeared in Volume 95, Issue 11

Wacker Chemie is expanding silicon metal capacity at its site in Holla, Norway. The company will spend about $90 million on a new plant that will come on-line in the first half of 2019. Wacker uses the metal to make silicones and polysilicon. The Holla plant currently covers one-quarter of the company’s silicon requirements.

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