Evonik Degussa Corp. (Parsippany, N.J.; www.evonik.com) has purchased a controlling interest in Harris & Ford Silco, LLC of Portland, Ore., from Indianapolis, Ind.-based Harris & Ford, LLC, for an undisclosed sum. The company has been renamed Evonik Silco Materials, LLC and will remain in Portland. Evonik Silco Materials manufactures colloidal silica and ultra-high purity silica, a key component of the chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) process in the semiconductor manufacturing industry. Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed.
Evonik purchases colloidal silica maker
| By Dorothy Lozowski