Hyperpure silicon wafers are the basis for almost all semiconductor elements and consequently represent an essential basis for the world’s electronics industry. With various diameters, material properties, and surface qualities, Siltronic’s extensive product range covers the global semiconductor industry’s specific requirements.
Perfect surfaces for versatile applications
Superior basis for highly integrated components.
Specialized wafers for innovative technologies
Perfect Silicon Solutions: Positioned as one of the world’s leading manufacturers of silicon wafers with diameters up to 300 mm, Siltronic partners with many preeminent chip manufacturers and companies in the semiconductor industry.
Technology leader and driving force for innovation
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Siltronic’s history goes back to the year 1953.
Globally positioned: Siltronic is manufacturing in Asia, Europe and the USA.
Achieving the ultimate in quality standards determines our corporate philosophy
Integrated environmental protection and social responsibility.
Responsible actions as key to success
Solution-oriented customer and supplier relations
Founded in Germany, at home in the world: Today Siltronic is a global employer in which employees around the world place their trust and loyalty. Employees appreciate the good team spirit and sustainable personnel development just as much as they value the corporate culture based on flexibility and initiative.
An employer with a sense of responsibility and principles
Working in Germany, Asia and the USA
Siltronic AG has been listed since 2015 and is included on the MDAX and the TecDAX. At Siltronic, we regard investor relations as an obligation as well as a strong motivation. Our interactions with our shareholders and investors are characterized by transparency and openness. This is the only way to build trust and shape the future together.
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In this section you will find the current and archived Siltronic AG press releases.
04/28/2020, 06.09 am (CET/CETS)
Decrease in average selling price (ASP) almost compensated by increase in wafer area sold, Revenue down 1.4 percent on previous quarter to EUR 300.1 million, ...
04/16/2020, 12.26 pm (CET/CETS)
Siltronic AG is helping local medical facilities with a donation of urgently needed protective overalls. This week, the company handed over 1,000 protective...
04/14/2020, 09.50 am (CET/CETS)
Siltronic AG sets date for virtual Annual General Meeting to June 26, 2020.
03/18/2020, 12.53 pm (CET/CETS)
Siltronic AG is postponing its Annual General Meeting, previously scheduled for April 23, 2020 in Munich
03/15/2020, 11.27 am (CET/CETS)
A deflagration occurred in an exhaust pipe at the Siltronic plant in Freiberg on Saturday evening. The Freiberg fire brigade was alerted and 44 employees of...
03/09/2020, 07.00 am (CET/CETS)
Revenue of EUR 1,270.4 million significantly below previous year (2018: EUR 1,456.7 million), EBITDA decreased to EUR 408.7 million and the EBITDA margin to...
03/04/2020, 04.12 pm (CET/CETS)
The Supervisory Board of Siltronic AG has extended the mandate of Chief Financial Officer Rainer Irle until December 2025.
01/30/2020, 09.10 am (CET/CETS)
Siltronic has been awarded a "B" rating by the renowned rating organization CDP (formerly the Carbon Disclosure Project) for its efforts to disclose measures...
01/29/2020, 06.03 am (CET/CETS)
As expected, preliminary sales of EUR 1,270 million in 2019 are significantly lower than in 2018 (EUR 1,456.7 million), Preliminary EBITDA fell to EUR 409...
10/24/2019, 06.07 am (CET/CETS)
Weak demand for wafers weighs on revenue after the record year 2018, EBITDA for the first nine months at EUR 318.7 million, EBITDA margin 33.0 percent, EBITDA...
09/06/2019, 02.13 pm (CET/CETS)
In September 2019, six young men and women started their apprenticeships at Siltronic in Burghausen. Over the next three and a half years, they will be...
09/05/2019, 08.23 am (CET/CETS)
Siltronic Singapore is once again supporting four scholarship holders with the Singapore Scholar Sponsorship. Since 2017, Siltronic Singapore has been a SgIS...
07/25/2019, 06.27 am (CET/CETS)
Demand for wafers declined as expected, Sales down 3.3 percent to EUR 666.2 million, EBITDA down to EUR 227.2 million, EBITDA margin down to 34.1 percent, Qua...
06/05/2019, 10.27 am (CET/CETS)
Siltronic AG contributes financially to the work of the Racetech Racing Team of the TU Bergakademie Freiberg. A total of 60 students joined forces in...
05/17/2019, 10.45 am (CET/CETS)
Siltronic AG has joined the “Wirtschaft für ein weltoffenes Sachsen” (Business for an outward-looking Saxony) association.
05/08/2019, 03.19 pm (CET/CETS)
At the Annual General Meeting of Siltronic AG on May 7, 2019, the shareholders followed the proposal of the Executive Board and the Supervisory Board to...
05/03/2019, 06.30 am (CET/CETS)
Less wafer area sold q-on-q in line with expectations, Sales down 8.7 percent q-on-q to EUR 354.4 million , EBITDA drops 20.9 percent q-on-q to EUR 127.2...
03/07/2019, 05.31 pm (CET/CETS)
Siltronic AG has been recognized by Intel as a recipient of a 2018 Preferred Quality Supplier (PQS) award.
03/05/2019, 06.31 am (CET/CETS)
Sales up to EUR 1,456.7 million (2017: EUR 1,177.3 million), EBITDA significantly increased to EUR 589.3 million (2017: EUR 353.1 million), EBIT more than...
02/04/2019, 01.48 pm (CET/CETS)
After having signed the Diversity Charter in 2018, Siltronic now also signed IGBCE’s Charter of Equal Treatment.
01/31/2019, 07.00 am (CET/CETS)
Preliminary sales of EUR 1,457 million significantly higher than in the previous year (2017: EUR 1,177.3 million), Preliminary EBITDA improved significantly...
11/22/2018, 09.59 am (CET/CETS)
Siltronic will make a donation worth 20.000 Singapore-dollars to the “Grow-a-Reef Garden” initiative through the Garden City Fund, the National Parks Board’s...
10/25/2018, 07.00 am (CET/CETS)
Demand for wafers in all diameters remains high, Q3 sales were up by 5 percent sequentially, EBITDA rose by around 10 percent over the second quarter of 2018 ...
09/24/2018, 10.17 am (CET/CETS)
Siltronic's shares have been listed in the MDAX as of today and will thus become a member of the second most important index of the German stock exchange. The...
07/25/2018, 03.50 pm (CET/CETS)
Wafer demand in all diameters continues to be high, Sales grew to EUR 688.7 million, EBITDA increased to EUR 268.3 million and EBITDA margin to 39.0 percent, ...
06/26/2018, 10.10 am (CET/CETS)
Siltronic, one of the world-wide leading manufacturers of hyperpure silicon wafers, broke ground for a new crystal-pulling hall on Wednesday, June 20 2018 at...
04/25/2018, 06.57 am (CET/CETS)
First-quarter sales around 27 percent up year-on-year, EBITDA more than doubled, EBITDA margin improved from 20.5 percent to 37.4 percent, Net financial...
04/20/2018, 09.40 am (CET/CETS)
At the Siltronic AG Annual General Meeting held on April 19, 2018, the shareholders approved the proposal put forward by the Executive Board and the...
03/07/2018, 06.12 pm (CET/CETS)
Siltronic AG has been recognized by Intel as recipient of a 2017 Preferred Quality Supplier (PQS) award.
03/05/2018, 06.18 am (CET/CETS)
Sales totaled EUR 1,177.3 million in 2017, significantly up on previous year (2016: EUR 933.4 million), EBITDA more than doubled to EUR 353.1 million (2016:...
01/29/2018, 02.50 pm (CET/CETS)
Siltronic AG is the winner of the Innovation Award for Automation bestowed by the Automation Network Dresden (AND). The network comprises the companies...
01/23/2018, 05.14 pm (CET/CETS)
Siltronic AG recently celebrated the 10th anniversary of its 300 millimeter wafer production at the Singapore site. The subsidiary Siltronic Silicon Wafer...
01/18/2018, 10.02 am (CET/CETS)
Siltronic AG has joined the Global Compact, the world's most important initiative for responsible corporate governance of the United Nations. Upon accession,...
11/30/2017, 08.51 am (CET/CETS)
At this year's Nepal Run, organized by Geschwister Scholl High School in Freiberg, Siltronic AG employees from the nearby plant managed to complete 887 laps,...
10/26/2017, 06.59 am (CET/CETS)
Production of 300 mm and 200 mm wafers has already been fully loaded for five consecutive quarters, Q3 sales up 9 percent on previous quarter, Q3 EBITDA up 46...
10/04/2017, 05.16 pm (CET/CETS)
Siltronic AG has signed the Diversity Charter. As an international company with production sites in Asia, Germany, and the USA, Siltronic has always actively...
09/27/2017, 05.12 pm (CET/CETS)
Siltronic AG in Freiberg will be conducting an emergency drill this Wednesday. On the factory grounds late in the afternoon, the company will simulate a lift...
09/14/2017, 04.59 pm (CET/CETS)
At today’s meeting, the Supervisory Board of Siltronic AG extended the contract of CEO, Christoph von Plotho, ahead of schedule up to December 2021. ...
07/28/2017, 09.00 am (CET/CETS)
Very high demand for all wafer diameters, Significant sales growth of 10 percent over Q1, Q2 EBITDA up 37 percent compared with previous quarter, Q2 EBITDA...
05/10/2017, 11.49 am (CET/CETS)
At the Annual General Meeting of Siltronic AG, held in Munich on May 9, 2017, the company’s shareholders approved the agenda items by a broad voting majority....
04/27/2017, 09.00 am (CET/CETS)
Demand for 300mm and 200mm wafers continues to be very strong, Significant sales growth of 17 percent, EBITDA in the first quarter more than doubled...
03/14/2017, 11.51 am (CET/CETS)
Siltronic AG (TecDAX: WAF) closed financial year 2016 with a record Q4 and exceeded earnings’ expectations., 300mm wafer market continues to grow, Siltronic’s...
03/13/2017, 11.55 am (CET/CETS)
“We’re pleased to recognize Siltronic AG as a Preferred Quality Supplier,” said Jacklyn Sturm, Vice President of Technology and Manufacturing Group and...
02/01/2017, 11.57 am (CET/CETS)
Preliminary sales for 2016 of EUR 933 million stable on prior-year level (2015: EUR 931 million), Preliminary EBITDA improves to EUR 146 million (2015: EUR...
10/27/2016, 12.04 pm (CET/CETS)
At EUR 237.0 million, sales were up by over 3 percent on the previous quarter (EUR 229.6 million) and on the third quarter of 2015 (EUR 230.6 million), EBITDA...
09/22/2016, 12.48 pm (CET/CETS)
Siltronic AG officially inaugurated its new crystal pulling hall in Freiberg (Saxony) today. Freiberg is one of four production sites for the company that has...
07/28/2016, 01.07 pm (CET/CETS)
At EUR 229.6 million, sales 4 percent higher than in prior quarter (EUR 220.6 million), but below very strong Q2 2015 (EUR 246.7 million), At EUR 35.1...
05/13/2016, 01.14 pm (CET/CETS)
At the Annual General Meeting of Siltronic AG that was held in Munich on May 12, 2016, the shareholders approved the items on the agenda by a large majority....
04/28/2016, 01.15 pm (CET/CETS)
At EUR 220.6 million, sales were up by 2.5 percent on the fourth quarter of 2015 (EUR 215.3 million) but down on the very strong first quarter of 2015 (EUR...
03/16/2016, 02.08 pm (CET/CETS)
Sales rose to EUR 931.3 million in 2015 (2014 adjusted: EUR 853.4 million), EBITDA improved to EUR 124.0 million (2014 adjusted: EUR 117.7 million), EBIT in...
03/10/2016, 02.26 pm (CET/CETS)
Siltronic AG has been recognized as one of 26 companies receiving Intel Corporation’s Preferred Quality Supplier (PQS) award for their performance in 2015....
02/01/2016, 02.31 pm (CET/CETS)
Preliminary sales rise to €931 million in 2015 (2014 adjusted: €853 million), Preliminary EBITDA improves to €124 million (2014 adjusted: €118 million), Preli...
12/16/2015, 02.36 pm (CET/CETS)
Dr. Tobias Ohler (44) is new chairman of the Supervisory Board of Siltronic AG. Ohler succeeds Dr. Joachim Rauhut who has stepped down as member and as...
10/29/2015, 02.39 pm (CET/CETS)
Third-quarter sales up 7 percent year on year to approximately €231 million, EBITDA drops by just under 12 percent in the third quarter to €29 million; EBITDA...
07/31/2015, 02.44 pm (CET/CETS)
Q2 sales increased by 17 percent to €247 million compared to the previous year due to higher volume and favorable foreign exchange rates, EBITDA improved by...
03/05/2015, 02.48 pm (CET/CETS)
Siltronic AG has been recognized as one of 19 companies receiving Intel Corporation’s Preferred Quality Supplier (PQS) award for their performance in 2014....
04/14/2014, 02.04 pm (CET/CETS)
Siltronic AG has been recognized as one of 18 companies receiving Intel Corporation’s Preferred Quality Supplier (PQS) award for their performance in 2013....
01/24/2014, 02.51 pm (CET/CETS)
Siltronic increases stake in silicon-wafer joint venture with Samsung to 78 percent, For this purpose, Siltronic is to subscribe for new shares as part of a...
04/24/2013, 02.56 pm (CET/CETS)
Siltronic has been recognized as one of 17 companies receiving Intel Corporation’s Preferred Quality Supplier (PQS) award for their performance in 2012....
12/06/2012, 03.01 pm (CET/CETS)
Dr. Tobias Ohler joins group’s executive board, Board member Dr. Wilhelm Sittenthaler leaves group at end of 2012 for personal reasons, Dr. Peter-Alexander...
04/12/2012, 03.03 pm (CET/CETS)
Siltronic has been recognized as one of nine companies receiving Intel Corporation’s prestigious Supplier Continuous Quality Improvement (SCQI) award for...
03/09/2012, 03.05 pm (CET/CETS)
Production of 150 millimeter silicon wafers at portland (Oregon, USA) to be discontinued in third quarter of 2012, Personnel capacity to be reduced for 150...
12/08/2011, 03.07 pm (CET/CETS)
200 millimeter wafer and monocrystalline silicon ingot production in japan scheduled to be discontinued by mid-2012, Transfer of production volumes to...
10/27/2011, 03.08 pm (CET/CETS)
Effective January 1, 2012, Dr. Andreas Mühe (41) will assume responsibility of Siltronic AG’s Freiberg site, taking over from his predecessor Gerhard Hagen...
07/01/2011, 03.09 pm (CET/CETS)
gallium nitride on silicon wafers with 200 mm diameter, enhanced properties and reduced production costs,
05/03/2011, 03.10 pm (CET/CETS)
“It is with great pride and honor to receive Intel’s 2010 Preferred Quality Supplier Award,” says Dr. Christoph von Plotho, Siltronic president and CEO....
02/07/2011, 03.11 pm (CET/CETS)
Siltronic AG, a leading producer of silicon wafers, has successfully completed its SIGMADT research project on silicon-based starting materials for...
09/27/2010, 03.12 pm (CET/CETS)
Micro- and nanoelectronic components are manufactured onto silicon semiconductor wafers, the diameter of which has increased from just a few millimeters to...
08/06/2009, 03.14 pm (CET/CETS)
Dr. Wilhelm Sittenthaler, an Executive Board member of Wacker Chemie AG, is to take over again as President & CEO of Siltronic AG. Sittenthaler will retain...
07/15/2009, 03.15 pm (CET/CETS)
Responsibilities to be taken over by other board members,
07/08/2009, 03.16 pm (CET/CETS)
Concentration of individual wafer diameters at lead sites and structural improvement at WACKER SILICONES., Impairments of some €120 million at Siltronic,...
03/23/2009, 03.18 pm (CET/CETS)
Electronic equipment makes our everyday routine much easier – in our jobs as well as in our leisure time. Within the DECISIF project, scientific and...
12/09/2008, 03.19 pm (CET/CETS)
Dr. Klaus Fuchs has been appointed President & CEO of Siltronic AG effective January 1st, 2009. A resolution of Siltronic’s Supervisory Board to this end has...
09/18/2008, 03.20 pm (CET/CETS)
Siltronic exchanges with suppliers from all over the world, Motto of the event is “360° thinking”, Best suppliers awarded,
06/19/2008, 03.23 pm (CET/CETS)
Plant officially commissioned after only 18 months of construction, Target capacity of 300,000 wafers a month, A US$1 billion investment, ...
06/13/2007, 03.24 pm (CET/CETS)
Siltronic backing business-oriented high school in Pfarrkirchen, Germany., Donation of 30,000 Euros made,
05/23/2007, 03.26 pm (CET/CETS)
Siltronic Corporation (Portland) is being recognized by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) for their outstanding commitment to consistently...
07/14/2006, 03.28 pm (CET/CETS)
Equal contributions, USD 1 billion investment, Start of production planned for mid 2008, Design capacity of 300,000 wafers per month, ...
06/30/2006, 03.30 pm (CET/CETS)
Following positions at Dresdner Bank and the Degussa Group, Dr. Joachim Manke became an executive board member of Leybold AG (a Hanau, Germany-based vacuum...
11/23/2005, 03.32 pm (CET/CETS)
Investment volume of approximately EUR 136 million, Up to 225 new jobs, Extension of working week without extra pay,
10/06/2005, 03.33 pm (CET/CETS)
20 years of successful wafer production in Japan, Japan is the second biggest market for the wafer industry, Siltronic’s Japan presence secures its...
05/04/2005, 03.34 pm (CET/CETS)
Siltronic Group's quality management system received certification to the ISO standard TS 16949 end of April. The certification of this manufacturer of...
04/13/2005, 03.34 pm (CET/CETS)
For the Siltronic Group, 2004 was characterized by the extension of the 300 mm capacities. The measures initiated in 2003 showed their first positive effects...
06/22/2004, 03.37 pm (CET/CETS)
One of the world's most modern 300 mm plants starts production, Approximately 600 jobs created in Freiberg, Opening ceremony with government representatives,...
08/11/2004, 03.38 pm (CET/CETS)
Gratifying revenue growth due to higher prices and improved product mix, Further improvement in earnings expected, IPO plans remain intact, ...
