Wacker in Burghausen, with its 8,000 or so employees, will have to reinvent itself over the next few years – once again. Plant manager Peter von Zumbusch is certain that the transformation into a climate-neutral group will succeed. But there is one crucial requirement for politicians.
SZ: Not a day goes by without warning voices from business or politics about the deindustrialization of Germany. Wacker is investing around 300 million euros in a new polysilicon production line by 2025. How does that fit together?