Dow Corning forms semiconductor materials business

Dow Corning Corp. has announced the formation of a new business serving the wide-band gap semiconductor industry. The business is founded on an expertise developed from years of in-house and academic research investments, plus the recent acquisitions of business and technology assets in bulk SiC, SiC thin-film technology, and GaN thin-film technology.

In establishing the business, Dow Corning will take full advantage of the synergies with its electronics, microelectronics and polycrystalline silicon materials businesses, and the company's research photonics and electronics materials programs.