瓦克化學股份有限公司從挪威FESIL集團購買了Trondheim市附近的Holla金屬硅生產基地， 價格為65百萬歐元。 兩家企業于2010年6月4日星期五夜晚簽訂了有關購買合同。 并購尚需得到瓦克監事會以及FESIL AS董事會同意， 并在執行前獲得有關卡特爾機構的批準。 瓦克將接收FESIL在Holla的全部生產裝置， 也包括房地產。 生產基地的約140名員工將繼續在這家總部設在德國慕尼黑市的化學集團工作。 預計2010年第3季度末之前能完成企業轉移。

    “一戰略性并購是長期保證我們的金屬硅需求量的關鍵性步驟”， 集團總裁兼首席執行官Rudolf Staudigl說。“購買了Holla生產基地后， 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。”

     FESIL集團總裁兼首席執行官Thorstein Abrahamsen說： “購并是一個戰略上的轉捩點， 因為在Holla生產的硅金屬將成為瓦克有機硅增值鏈中重要的一環。 FESIL集團未來將專注于生產鐵硅合金， 促進全球鐵合金的貿易， 并且將繼續推展他們的Solsilc 工藝， 用于量產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。”

     金屬硅是瓦克最重要的原料之一， 用于生產有機硅和超純多晶硅。 Holla Metall的年生產能力約為50,000噸金屬硅。 這相當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.