The gas is being manufactured in a Dow Corning facility in Thomas Township.
The monosilane gas manufacturing facility is adjacent to the polysilicon manufacturing plant of Hemlock Semiconductor Group, of which Dow Corning is majority shareholder.
Dow Corning’s monosilane plant has a capacity of 4,000 metric tons per year.
Purity levels of the monosilane produced in the plant have consistently matched that of the leading supplier, and are above industry specifications.
Dow Corning vice president Eric Peeters said the plant’s consistent purity and the company’s quality in silicon-based products make monosilane from Dow Corning a switch customers can make with confidence.
Dow Corning and its joint ventures at the Hemlock Semiconductor Group have spent about $5bn over the past six years to research and develop as well as to expand production of materials critical to the solar industry.
