Wacker Chemicals Trading (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
Wacker Chemie AG ended 2013 with lower sales and earnings compared to 2012. As the Munich-based chemical company announced today on presenting its 2013 annual report, Group sales totaled €4.48 billion, some 3 percent down on 2012 (€4.63 billion). The decline was chiefly due to weaker prices, particularly for solar-grade silicon and semiconductor wafers. All in all, price effects reduced Group sales by €366 million or about 8 percent last year. 2013’s EBITDA – earnings before interest, taxes, dep