(Reuters) -German’s Wacker Chemie said 2025 sales are likely to increase from last year due to growth across regions and a surge in volume, especially in silicone products and semiconductor-grade polysilicon, albeit at slightly lower selling prices.
The speciality chemicals producer on Wednesday forecast 2025 sales of 6.1 billion to 6.4 billion euros ($6.65 billion to $6.98 billion), compared with 5.72 billion euros in 2024.
It sees its annual earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) in the range of 700 million to 900 million euros.
“Demand for our silicones, especially for specialty products, and semiconductor-grade polysilicon continues to show a very positive development. We expect to see higher volumes in these areas this year,” Chief Executive Christian Hartel said in a statement.
He said, however, that the environment will remain challenging with the weak economy still influencing the order patterns of many customers.
The Munich-based group anticipates a 2025 sales growth of around 10% in its silicones division
In the polysilicone, and sees the sales of the polysilicon segment between 1.0 billion euros and 1.3 billion euros, up from the 949 million it achieved in 2024, through a substantial increase in semiconductor-grade polysilicon volumes, it added.
Wacker Chemie also said it will propose a dividend of 2.50 euro per share, corresponding to a payout of 124 million euros.
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(Reporting by Antonis Pothitos in Gdansk; Editing by Christopher Cushing and Tomasz Janowski)
