Every year, Siltronic purchases large quantities of raw materials, goods and services. Intelligent procurement management ensures that every relevant factor is available on time, in the right amount and at a favorable price. Quality and supply security are just as important as partnering with suppliers and sub-suppliers on a fair basis.

Teams of specialists manage our company-wide procurement processes, which range from raw materials for our products, to gas and electricity for our international sites, to technical materials and special services.

Siltronic invests continuously in plant construction and expansion. Seasoned experts secure the project-based management of the related procurement processes. They also ensure that we communicate optimally with suppliers.

At Siltronic, supplier management is focused on a competent pool of long-standing and new suppliers. This strategy is a key success factor not only for creating target-oriented procurement processes, but also for enhancing productivity and competitiveness on both sides of the relationship.

Our supplier relations are based on trust and partnership. To an equal degree, we sup-port suppliers and place demands on them. Valuing constructive and long-term coop-eration, we rely on a supplier pool of both long-standing and new, high-performing part-ners.

Our supplier management unit plays a central role here. Specialized category manage-ment teams, each with specific areas of responsibility, manage procurement processes company-wide. These teams make supplier expertise part of our processes by harness-ing new potential on the marketplace and by tapping into the innovations of existing suppliers. In this way, we ensure product quality, productivity and competitiveness in the long term.

Siltronic is committed to various international initiatives, including Responsible Care® and the Global Compact .