Heraeus
Heraeus is a major in the Materials segment of the semiconductor & AI supply chain, headquartered in Hanau, DE. Its key customers include TSMC, Samsung Electronics, Intel.
Family-owned precious metals group supplying targets and bonding wire.
- Headquarters
- Hanau, DE
- Founded
- 1851
- Employees
- 16,200
- Market position
- major
- Value-chain segment
- Sputtering Targets
- Key products
- sputtering targets, bonding wire
About Heraeus
Heraeus, headquartered in Germany, operates in the Sputtering Targets segment of the semiconductor & AI supply chain and is positioned as a market major there. Its key products include sputtering targets, bonding wire. wafergraph maps 8 tracked customers for Heraeus across the value chain. It has a supply-chain criticality score of 71/100, with 251 companies downstream of it.
Heraeus is a German technology group with a focus on precious and special metals, medical technology, quartz glass and sensors as well as electronic components. Founded in Hanau in 1851, the company is one of the largest family-owned companies in Germany in terms of revenue. Heraeus employs 16,400 people in 40 countries and generated a total revenue of €25.6 billion in 2023. The headquarters and head office are in Hanau, Germany.
Role in the chain
Heraeus is a market major in Materials (Sputtering Targets), headquartered in Germany. Family-owned precious metals group supplying targets and bonding wire.
Diligence questions
- The dataset names 8 tracked customers for Heraeus. How concentrated is demand among those names, and which of them have a documented second source in this graph?
- Heraeus is headquartered in Germany. What jurisdiction, export-control or logistics risk sits at that HQ, versus at the fabs or plants the filings actually name?
- Heraeus is private in this dataset (no ticker). What primary-source filings or audited statements exist, and what is still only a one-liner?
- Before treating any edge as a verified relationship, check the provenance labels on the company page and the method note at /methodology.
Key products
- sputtering targets
- bonding wire
Customers
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Cite as: wafergraph, “Heraeus — supply chain, financials & market position”, https://wafergraph.com/company/heraeus (data as of 2026-09-05).
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