Wacker weighs closing Tennessee polysilicon plant after Trump tariffs, Reuters reports
04-09-2026 14:04 via thenextweb.com

Wacker weighs closing Tennessee polysilicon plant after Trump tariffs, Reuters reports

A German chemicals company is considering closing the American plant that Washington’s new polysilicon tariffs were supposed to protect. Wacker Chemie has lost its last two customers for the material since the measures were announced and is weighing the future of a factory in Charleston, Tennessee, that employs about 600 people, Reuters reported in an exclusive. […]
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