Restructuring events
European Restructuring Monitor (ERM)
The restructuring events database contains factsheets with data on large-scale restructuring events reported in the principal national media and company websites in each EU Member State. This database was created in 2002.
Wacker-Chemie, a subsidiary of the international chemical group Wacker Chemie headquartered in Germany, has announced the opening of a new silicone production plant in Karlovy Vary, which will create approximately 200 jobs.
This plant expands Wacker’s European network and will focus on the production of high-performance silicones for the automotive, energy, and healthcare markets, as well as the household appliances sector. The facility will specialize in room-temperature-curing silicones and solid silicone rubber. The activity of Pilsen in silicone rubbers will be gradually moved to Karlovy Vary.
This expansion is driven by megatrends such as electromobility, renewable energy, and digitalization. Panattoni, the largest developer of industrial real estate, in Czechia, has completed the building whose construction started 2 years ago.
Eurofound (2026), Wacker Chemie, Business expansion in Czechia, factsheet number 300761, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/300761.
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