# WACKER celebrates topping-out for semiconductor polysilicon expansion in Burghausen

WACKER held a topping-out ceremony for a new purification line for semiconductor-grade polysilicon at its Burghausen site. The company expects to invest over €300 million, with commissioning planned for early 2025, expanding capacity by more than 50%.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2023-10-20
- Where: Burghausen, Germany, Germany
- Value: $318.0M (300.0M EUR)
- Starts operating: 2025
- Status: under construction
- Capacity: more than 50% increase in semiconductor polysilicon capacity
- Products: semiconductor-grade polysilicon
- Sectors: [Semiconductors and Industrial Electronics](https://endata.com/sectors/semiconductors-electronics.md)

## Companies

- [Wacker Group](https://endata.com/companies/42651.md)

## Sources

- [burghausen.de](https://www.burghausen.de/en/current-general/Expansion-project-for-semiconductor-polysilicum-at-the-Wacker-plant-in-Burghausen-celebrates-the-topping-out-ceremony/), 2023-10-20: "With the new cleaning line, WACKER is expanding its existing capacities for semiconductor polysilicon by significantly more than 50 percent."

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