Momentive Announces Additional Quartz Expansion

Momentive Performance Materials says it will expand its specialty quartz production capacity at its Geesthacht, Germany facility. The $14 million expansions will enable the company to meet increasing demand for high-purity specialty fused quartz crucibles, used by the photovoltaic industry to produce solar wafers and the semiconductor industry in the production of computer chips. Momentive’s quartz business posted $88 million in revenue in the company’s fiscal third quarter ended April 3, 2011, a 33% increase over the same prior-year period. Volume...

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