Elemental Boron Market Companies
- American Elements,
- SB Boron Corporation,
- 3M,
- ABSCO Limited,
- Strem Chemicals,
- Materion Corporation,
- Boron Specialties LLC,
- Höganäs AB,
- Dandong Chemical Engineering Institute (DCEI),
- New Metals and Chemicals Ltd.,
- SkySpring Nanomaterials,
- H.C. Starck Solutions,
- Advanced Abrasives Corporation,
- Baoding Zhongpuruituo Technology Co., Ltd.,
- Beijing Xing Rong Yuan Technology Co., Ltd.,
- BASF SE,
- Thermo Fisher Scientific,
- Henan Yuxing Sino-Crystal Micro-Diamond Co., Ltd.,
- Zhejiang Yamei Nano Technology Co., Ltd.
American Elements
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Headquarters: U.S.A.
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Product Offerings: Various forms of elemental boron including pellets, rods, wires, granules with purity ranging from 99% to 99.999%. Manufacture of ultra-high purity boron and nanoscale materials.
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Market Position: One of the world’s largest manufacturers of advanced materials including elemental boron, serving over 30% of the Fortune 50.
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Recent Developments: Advanced materials research and sustainable manufacturing practices.
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Strategic Focus: Cost-effective scaling from lab to industrial scale, sustainability, and eco-efficiency.
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Customers: Wide range including energy, electronics, aerospace, defense, automotive, optics, green technology, and pharmaceuticals.
SB Boron Corporation
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Headquarters: Bellwood, Illinois, USA
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Product Offerings: Exclusive North American manufacturer of elemental amorphous boron powder; various grades such as SB95, SB90, SB86, and SB2000.
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Market Share & Revenue: Estimated revenue under $5 million.
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Recent Developments: ISO certification and increased production capacity by over 1,200 metric tonnes annually.
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Strategic Focus: Producing high-quality elemental amorphous boron with reliability and consistency.
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Customers: Applications in airbags, pyrotechnics, military, refractory additives, welding, and brazing fluxes.
3M
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Headquarters: Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA
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Products: Crystalline elemental boron enriched in isotopes 10B or 11B for specialized applications.
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Market Position: Large diversified multinational with advanced materials including boron-based products primarily for semiconductor and nuclear power industries.
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Innovations: Proprietary processes for ultra-high purity boron enriched in isotopes, catering to silicon wafer and nuclear industries.
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Strategic Focus: Technology-driven materials for semiconductor and power sectors.
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Customers: Silicon wafer manufacturers, nuclear power industry.
ABSCO Limited
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Headquarters: United Kingdom
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Products: High-quality raw materials including boron carbide powders and sintered components.
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Strategic Focus: Supplier and agent for several specialty materials including boron compounds across advanced technologies.
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Customers: Industrial consumers in catalysts, glass, ceramics, abrasives, nuclear, batteries, ceramics, and additive manufacturing.
Strem Chemicals
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Headquarters: Newburyport, Massachusetts, USA
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Products: Specialty chemicals and high purity metals including boron compounds.
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Strategic Focus: Fine chemicals for pharmaceutical, microelectronics, and chemical research industries.
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Customers: Academic, industrial, government research labs, and commercial scale businesses.
Materion Corporation
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Headquarters: U.S.A.
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Products: Boron compounds such as borides, carbides, silicides used in aerospace thermal protection systems and specialty alloy additives.
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Strategic Focus: Custom materials development, ITAR-compliant supply chain, strong R&D capabilities.
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Customers: Aerospace, defense, automotive, electronics industries.
Boron Specialties LLC
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Headquarters: Ambridge, Pennsylvania, USA
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Products: Advanced boron-based chemicals including boranes and hydrides for electronics, aerospace, defense, and pharma.
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Revenue: Estimated under $5 million.
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Strategic Focus: Chemistry technology development partner, innovation in boron hydride applications.
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Customers: Strategic customers in electronics, advanced materials, aerospace, defense, pharmaceuticals.
Höganäs AB
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Headquarters: Sweden
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Products: Elemental boron ceramic powders (amorphous and crystalline), boron-alloyed metal powders for additive manufacturing.
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Recent Developments: Acquisition of H.C. Starck ceramic powders division, specializing in boron, boride, carbide, and nitride powders.
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Strategic Focus: Expansion into ceramic powders, customer-specific powder development, advanced ceramics.
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Customers: Automotive, aerospace, nuclear, pyrotechnics, refractory, and high-tech industries.
Dandong Chemical Engineering Institute (DCEI)
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Headquarters: China
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Products: Hexagonal boron nitride and borides; R&D and manufacturing.
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Strategic Focus: Scientific innovation and application development in boron materials.
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Customers: Industrial and scientific.
New Metals and Chemicals Ltd.
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Headquarters: United Kingdom (company registry info)
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Products: Specialize in boron and related chemicals (specific info limited).
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Position: Recognized in elemental boron market reports as key player.
SkySpring Nanomaterials
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Headquarters: Houston, Texas, USA
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Products: Nanopowders including nanoscale amorphous boron powders (<100 nm) for high-energy fuel and military.
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Revenue: Not specified.
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Recent Developments: $7.5 million expansion of boron production facilities, introduction of advanced nanoparticle boron products.
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Strategic Focus: Nanomaterial innovation for aerospace, defense, energy.
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Customers: Aerospace, military, high-tech industries.
H.C. Starck Solutions (part of Höganäs AB)
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Headquarters: Germany, China, Canada
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Products: High-quality ceramic and metal powders including boron-based powders.
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Strategic Focus: Powder metallurgy, surface technology, additive manufacturing support.
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Customers: Aerospace, automotive, electronics.
BASF SE
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Headquarters: Ludwigshafen, Germany (North American affiliate in New Jersey, USA)
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Products: Boron-based catalyst technologies (BBT) in refining, advanced chemical products including chemicals for sustainable applications.
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Revenue: €65.3 billion (2024).
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Strategic Focus: Innovation in boron chemistry for refining industry, sustainability, global chemical manufacturing.
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Customers: Refining, chemical industries, diverse industrial sectors.
Thermo Fisher Scientific
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Headquarters: Waltham, Massachusetts, USA
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Products: Analytical-grade boron chemicals such as boron tribromide, boron powders.
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Revenue: Approximately $42.9 billion (2024).
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Strategic Focus: Biotech, pharmaceutical, analytical markets with advanced chemical solutions.
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Customers: Life sciences, pharmaceutical, analytical laboratories.
Henan Yuxing Sino-Crystal Micro-Diamond Co., Ltd.
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Headquarters: Jiaozuo City, Henan, China
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Products: Industrial diamond powders including nano-grade and synthetic micron diamond powders (no direct elemental boron).
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Strategic Focus: Industrial abrasives, advanced diamond materials.
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Customers: Industrial and manufacturing sectors.
Zhejiang Yamei Nano Technology Co., Ltd.
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Headquarters: China
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Products and specific boron-related offerings not detailed.
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Focus: Nanotechnology-related materials.