Manufacturer of inorganic materials, physical vapor deposition materials, and thin film materials in the United States. The company provides specialty inorganic chemicals, including metals, alloys, intermetallics, rare earths, oxides, refractory compounds, salts, phosphides, nitrides, sulfides, tellurides, selenides, and high purity materials; evaporation materials, which comprise coarse and fine powders, granules, pellets, tablets, rods, cones, crucibles, and liners; pre-melted refractory oxide evaporants; and sputtering targets, including circular, planar, rectangular, conical, s-gun, and rings. Its specialty inorganic materials are used in the manufacture of semiconductor substrate precursors, pacemaker batteries, medical detector devices, phosphors, and temperature resistant aerospace coatings; and physical vapor deposition materials are used for optical applications. It serves precision optics, ophthalmic, semiconductor, laser, and display industries.