Company
Siltronic
Siltronic AG (XETRA: WAF) is a German silicon wafer manufacturer producing high-purity silicon wafers for semiconductor fabrication.
- Founded
- 1959
- HQ
- Germany
- Status
- Public
The verified answer
As of Oct 2026, DEPLOY verifies Siltronic: 1 model. 3 sources back the record.
Overview
Siltronic AG (XETRA: WAF) is a German silicon wafer manufacturer producing high-purity silicon wafers for semiconductor fabrication. Essential supply chain component for AI chips used in autonomous vehicles and robotics.
Reality check
Footprint and patents (company-claimed)
Production sites in Asia, Europe and the USA; nearly 2,000 patents and patent applications.
H1 2026 results (company-claimed)
H1 2026 sales of EUR 628.1M. Expects a significant rise in wafer area sold for 2026 with high 300 mm utilization; sales guidance slightly below 2025, FX-affected.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- None on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Key facts
Products
Data & sources
Web sources
3
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Models (1)
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Current leadership (1)
- Michael Heckmeier CEOsecondary-verified
Safety record
No incidents on record for Siltronic.
Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
Full safety record: incidents, sourcing, and exposure data →
Recent coverage
Siltronic in third-party press
Peers
109 peers across 2 segments. Every Siltronic competitor derived from shared form-factor and application-domain edges.
av(88)
57 companies in this segment · highly_concentrated (HHI 4969.122215850638) · leader Waymo at 6990%
- A&K Roboticsdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- AIRdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- Alsodirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- Aseon Labsdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- Aurora Innovationdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- AutoXdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
chip(21)
2 companies in this segment · highly_concentrated (HHI 6159.122085048011) · leader Kneron at 7407%
- Applied Materialsdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- Aurriondirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- BYD Batterydirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- ByteDancedirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- ENSCOdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- Eagle Test Systemsdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
Mentioned on (1)
Registry pages whose text names Siltronic.
People (1)
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Record createdJun 8, 2026
Added to the verified registry
Sources (3)
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Methodology: Verified · 3 sources (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-10-13
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-10-13
Sources by quality tier
- 3
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Siltronic.Peer companies
- Unitree Robotics12 models
- DJI9 models
- DLR Institute of Robotics and Mechatronics6 models
- Orbbec6 models
- Boston Dynamics5 models
- SIYI Technology5 models
In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Siltronic from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/siltronic.md
- RSS feed: /companies/siltronic/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/253435bf-1151-44f0-a7fd-ca37ae361d22
- Revision history: /companies/siltronic/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Peer companies
- Unitree Robotics12 models
- DJI9 models
- DLR Institute of Robotics and Mechatronics6 models
- Orbbec6 models
- Boston Dynamics5 models
- SIYI Technology5 models
Heat Index
Serious50/100
A composite of competitive footprint, funding, press velocity, active partnerships, and supply-chain edges. Different from the Intelligence score below (which is per-form-factor productization). Non-robotics companies cap at 25.
Reality vs attention
Siltronic draws attention at the 9th percentile but verifies reality at the insufficient-data level among other robots.
6-month trend
Analysis
Limited public visibility and press coverage relative to peers.
Dimension breakdown
Verified signal
Attention (reach, not merit)
DEPLOY Intelligence scores are computed from verified registry data: confirmed deployments, disclosed funding rounds, regulatory filings, active job listings, video viewership, and press coverage. Confidence ratings reflect data availability. Scores update nightly.
DEPLOY Indices — verified vs claimed
Last computed: Oct 20, 2026