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Our innovative performance materials add value to a wide range of consumer and industrial products in a number of diversified end-use markets. Thousands of manufacturers around the world—including some of the largest and best known—rely on us to ensure the improved performance of their products and processes.
Many of these manufacturers look to Ferro as a total supplier of performance materials for diverse and demanding applications. Supporting our products are highly skilled technical sales and service representatives who work closely with customers to find solutions to their specific challenges.
| Business Segment |
Business Units |
Products |
Key Markets |
Locations |
| Performance Materials |
Electronic Material Systems |
Electronic & specialty glasses, ceramic dielectric powders, pastes, powders & tapes for thick film, surface finishing compounds |
Electronics, telecommunications, computers, automotive, ophthalmic lenses/precision optics, military & defense, aerospace |
North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific |
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Color & Glass Performance Materials |
Inorganic pigments, forehearth color, glass decorating enamels, specialty glazes, precious metal preparations |
Paint & plastics, glass packaging, tableware, fine china, roof tile, appliances, automotive, architectural |
North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, Latin America |
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Tile Coating Systems |
Ceramic glaze coatings, ceramic colors, decorative materials & application systems |
Tile, sanitary ware |
North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, Latin America |
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Porcelain Enamel |
Porcelain enamel coatings |
Appliances, cookware, sanitary ware, architectural, industrial |
North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, Latin America |
| Performance Chemicals |
Pharmaceuticals & Fine Chemicals |
High-potency active pharmaceutical ingredients, low endotoxin carbohydrates, large volume parenterals, food additives, dietary supplements, electrolytes, glymes, phosphine derivatives |
Pharmaceutical, biotechnology, food, electronics, industrial |
North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific |
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Polymer Additives |
Heat & light stabilizers, plasticizers, plastic lubricants |
Household furnishings, automotive, industrial, architectural, construction |
North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific |
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Specialty Plastics |
Filled & reinforced thermoplastics, polyolefin alloys, thermoplastic elastomers/process melt, color concentrates/masterbatch, gelcoats, liquid & paste color dispersions |
Appliances, automotive, household furnishings, recreation, industrial, lawn & garden, pool & spa, packaging, boats, RVs & trucks, sanitary ware, architectural |
North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific |
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