瓦克化學(xué)股份有限公司從挪威FESIL集團(tuán)購買了Trondheim市附近的Holla金屬硅生產(chǎn)基地， 價格為65百萬歐元。 兩家企業(yè)于2010年6月4日星期五夜晚簽訂了有關(guān)購買合同。 并購尚需得到瓦克監(jiān)事會以及FESIL AS董事會同意， 并在執(zhí)行前獲得有關(guān)卡特爾機構(gòu)的批準(zhǔn)。 瓦克將接收FESIL在Holla的全部生產(chǎn)裝置， 也包括房地產(chǎn)。 生產(chǎn)基地的約140名員工將繼續(xù)在這家總部設(shè)在德國慕尼黑市的化學(xué)集團(tuán)工作。 預(yù)計2010年第3季度末之前能完成企業(yè)轉(zhuǎn)移。

    “一戰(zhàn)略性并購是長期保證我們的金屬硅需求量的關(guān)鍵性步驟”， 集團(tuán)總裁兼首席執(zhí)行官Rudolf Staudigl說。“購買了Holla生產(chǎn)基地后， 原料市場的價格波動對我們的影響將變小， 同時也提高了我們在高需求量時期的供貨可靠性?！?/P>

     FESIL集團(tuán)總裁兼首席執(zhí)行官Thorstein Abrahamsen說： “購并是一個戰(zhàn)略上的轉(zhuǎn)捩點， 因為在Holla生產(chǎn)的硅金屬將成為瓦克有機硅增值鏈中重要的一環(huán)。 FESIL集團(tuán)未來將專注于生產(chǎn)鐵硅合金， 促進(jìn)全球鐵合金的貿(mào)易， 并且將繼續(xù)推展他們的Solsilc 工藝， 用于量產(chǎn)適合制造太陽能板的硅金屬。 目前這項工藝尚處于中試階段?！?/P>

     金屬硅是瓦克最重要的原料之一， 用于生產(chǎn)有機硅和超純多晶硅。 Holla Metall的年生產(chǎn)能力約為50,000噸金屬硅。 這相當(dāng)于瓦克目前年需要量的大約三分之一。

    Munich, June 7, 2010 ? Wacker Chemie AG is acquiring the Norwegian FESIL Group’s silicon-metal production site in Holla (near Trondheim). The two companies signed a purchase agreement to this effect on Friday night, June 4, 2010. The transaction still requires approval of WACKER’s supervisory board and FESIL’s board of directors as well as clearance by the antitrust authorities. Under the terms of the transaction, WACKER takes over all of FESIL’s production facilities in Holla, including the related real estate. The Munich-based chemical company intends to continue employing the site’s existing workforce of some 140. Closing of the transaction is expected before the end of Q3 2010.

    "This strategic acquisition is a key step in securing our long-term supply of silicon metal," said Group CEO Rudolf Staudigl. “Acquiring Holla makes us more independent of raw-material price fluctuations and increases our supply security during peak-demand periods.”

    “This acquisition represents a strategic change, bringing the Holla Silicon Metal plant into an integrated part of WACKER’s silicone value chain”, says Thorstein Abrahamsen, CEO of FESIL. “FESIL AS will now focus its resources on ferrosilicon metal production and develop its world wide ferroalloy trading as well as industrialize its Solsilc Solar Grade Silicon Metal Process now at the pilot stage.”
Silicon metal is one of WACKER’s most important raw materials and is needed for the production of silicones and hyperpure polysilicon. Holla Metall’s production capacity is around 50,000 metric tons of silicon metal per year, which corresponds to about one third of WACKER’s current annual needs.