(2010-06-24)
Elkem Silicon Materials is one of the world's leading suppliers of metallurgical silicon. We deliver special products to customers in the chemicals, electronics and aluminium industries worldwide.
Silicon from Elkem is alloyed with aluminium to produce cast aluminium parts, or can be processed by the chemicals sector to a number of products from sea lants, cosmetics and electrical insulation materials to lubricating oils and other synthetics used in car manufacturing.
Elkem Silicon Materials has three production plants in Norway: Elkem Bremanger, Elkem Salten and Elkem Thamshavn.
We have a network of sales offices covering the most important markets in Europe, Americas and Asia. They are located in Germany, United Kingdom, France, Italy, Denmark, Sweden, US, Canada, Japan, China and India.
Elkem Silicon Materials' management team is located at Elkem’s head office in Oslo, in Kristiansand and at the three plants. Senior Vice President is Kjell Ramsdal.
 | | Silgrain®
Elkem’s special Silgrain® product is utilised by polysilicon manufacturers as a raw material for further processing of silicon into electronic components such as semiconductors and solar cells. Silgrain® is also used in the ceramics industry.
The Silgrain® process provides a Silicon material of high homogenity in chemistry, grain structure and sizing. Silgrain® is a special silicon product and it is produced by a different process than metallurgical silicon. Silgrain® is a powdery silicon that is sold in different grades; Coarse, fine and HQ (High Quality). |
Elkem Microsilica® - filling your needsElkem Microsilica® is one of the principal products supplied by Elkem Silicon Materials. It finds a wide range of applications in high-strength concrete, other building materials such as roof tiles and facade cladding, and fire proof products for heavy industry. Microsilica is also used for sealing tunnels and drilling oil wells.
This product comprises microscopic particles collected by filters downstream from the smelting process in silicon and ferrosilicon plants. Adding it to concrete and other materials increases their density and wear resistance, which extends the life of structures. Microsilica has been delivered by Elkem to a number of major projects internationally, for example the Øresund/Great Belt connection, and the world's tallest building Burj Khalifa in Dubai.
Application areas for Elkem Microsilica
® include concrete, fibre cement, rock- and soil grouting, refractory applications, well drilling, polymers and wear castables (Ceramite
®). In addition, Elkem Silicon Materials is engaged in marketing of synthetic manganese oxide.
Ceramite®Elkem Silicon Materials also produces Ceramite, a fireproof material which is particularly heat resistant and hard wearing. Treatment technology has been supplied by Elkem to industries worldwide for many years, and the company is currently involved with major filtration projects in China. In this way, environmental solutions developed by Norwegian industry help to deal with pollution problems in other parts of the world.
Expert advice and R & D
The Elkem team of professionals is eager to find new solutions to customers' production problems, which represent challenges that may eventually lead to opportunities to provide novel solutions to the industries we serve. We stand at the forefront in providing expert advice in the areas of handling and production, technical and research challenges.
Quality
We are proud of our active participation in the international development of technical and quality standards, and the benefits of Elkem Microsilica®, a quality-assured product, have been widely reported in technical publications around the world.