Despite
selling
20%
more
polysilicon
in
2012
than
the
year
prior
–
38,000
metric
tonnes
in
total
–
revenues
within
Wacker’s
polysilicon
division
fell
21.5%
to
€1.14bn
($1.48bn).
Earnings
before
interest,
taxes,
depreciation
and
amortisation
(EBITDA)
within
the
polysilicon
unit
fell
more
than
40%
to
€427.5m
as
polysilicon
prices
plunged.
The
price
decline
for
polysilicon
eroded
sales
by
at
least
€700m,
Wacker
claims.
Wacker,
which
competes
with
players
like
GCL-Poly,
OCI
and
Hemlock
Semiconductors
in
the
PV-grade
polysilicon
space,
confirms
that
a
number
of
its
solar
customers
exited
the
industry
last…
