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WACKER's Sales and Earnings Rise in Q1 2021 Wacker Chemie AG's Figures for Q1 2021 ( unaudited ) ■ GROUP SALES FOR Q1 2021 REACH € 1.36 BILLION , UP PERCENT YEAR OVER YEAR AND 10 PERCENT QUARTER OVER QUARTER ■ AT € 246 MILLION , EBITDA IS UP 42 PERCENT YEAR OVER YEAR AND 26 PERCENT QUARTER OVER QUARTER , CHIEFLY DUE TO SUBSTANTIALLY HIGHER VOLUMES ■ NET INCOME FOR Q1 AMOUNTS TO € 107 MILLION ■ NET CASH FLOW REACHES € 131 MILLION ■ FULL - YEAR FORECAST RAISED : GROUP SALES FOR 2021 EXPECTED TO GROW BY A LOW - DOUBLE - DIGIT PERCENTAGE , WITH EBITDA LIKELY TO RISE BY 15 TO 25 PERCENT VERSUS LAST YEAR Munich , Apr 30 , 2021 Wacker Chemie AG finished Q1 2021 with significant growth in sales and earnings . The Munich - based chemical company generated sales of € 1,359.6 million in the reporting quarter . That was percent higher than in the same period last year ( € 1,197.5 million ) . Relative to the preceding quarter ( € 1,239.2 million ) , sales were up 10 percent , chiefly due to high demand in nearly all divisions . Business in construction materials and polysilicon , for example , was especially strong . Higher prices , particularly for solar - grade polysilicon , also lifted sales . On the other hand , exchange - rate effects resulting from the weaker US dollar year over year slowed sales somewhat . In Q1 2021 , WACKER posted EBITDA ( earnings before interest , taxes , depreciation and amortization ) of € 246.4 million . That was 42 percent higher than in the same period last year ( € 174.1 million ) . Relative to the preceding quarter ( € 196.0 million ) ,