Consarc to enter solar grade silicon furnace market

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Consarc Corporation has announced that it will form a
new division to build and market furnaces for solar grade silicon
volume production. The company currently makes vacuum and controlled
atmosphere furnace technologies for the processing of metals, specialty
alloys and engineered materials. Consarc is a subsidiary of
Inductotherm Group.

 

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The new division is expected to leverage nearly fifty
years of engineering and technology development, including patents from
the parent company.

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