OUR HISTORY
COMPANY and TECHNOLOGY MILESTONES
1891
Union Carbide formed to produce Carbon and Graphite for Lighting & Electric Motor Applications
1946
Quartz Tubing Developed for GE Lighting
1957
Development of BN, TiB2 and Hot- Pressed Shapes
1963
Union Carbide acquires High Temperature Materials Company
1963
Developed Arc Fusion for Quartz Crucibles
1968
Fused First 7,200-pound Quartz Ingot
1974
Developed Crystal for BN and TiB2 Industry Powder
1974
First Large- Diameter Semiconductor Tubing Produced
1980
Developed Quartz Fiber Optic Applications
1984
Introduction of First Pyrolytic BN & Graphite Heater
1993
Advanced Ceramics formed from Union Carbide
2002
Advanced Ceramics Corporation acquired by the GE Quartz division of GE Specialty Materials
2006
Created i21™ ingot for leading-edge semiconductor applications
2006
GE Advanced Materials becomes Momentive Performance Materials, Inc.
2017
Introduced Pur Q® vials: the world’s first fused quartz vial for pharmaceutical packaging
2020
Momentive Technologies separates from Momentive Performance Materials as a stand-alone company
2022
Acquired CoorsTek Crucibles to expand capability in the Semiconductor industry
Launched Pur Q® fused quartz vials in SG-EZfill® packaging
