MONTREAL, Oct. 11, 2017 /CNW Telbec/ - 5N Plus Inc. (TSX: VNP) ("5N Plus" or the "Company"), a leading producer of specialty chemicals and engineered materials, today announced that its Electronic Materials segment has been awarded a multi-year program by the U.S. Government to supply engineered semiconductor materials essential for space and aeronautical missions. The award was granted following a comprehensive multi-party competitive process with emphasis on total value creation based on products and services rendered. The program is expected to commence in the second half of 2018.
In September 2016, the Company unveiled its strategic plan, 5N21, which is based on three key pillars, namely: a) extracting more value from existing global assets and capabilities, b) growing contributions from upstream activities and c) delivering quality growth from existing and new growth initiatives. This award is well aligned with the third objective which is designed to deliver quality growth based on technology intensive markets requiring tangible value addition.
Nicholas Audet, Executive Vice President, Electronic Materials, commented, "We are very pleased to be selected as a partner for this program by the U.S. Government. Aerospace is an important market for our future growth ambitions. Our teams in St. George, Utah and Montreal, Québec continue to make progress and are well positioned to provide our customers with solutions based on an array of engineered materials and compounds related to this segment".
Over the past several years, 5N Plus has made notable investments in the specialty semiconductor area through both organic and M&A activities. After the launch of the strategic plan, management declared these activities as integral to the Company's future growth and declared its intention to harvest past investments while continuing to selectively expand the Company's capabilities in this area.
About 5N Plus Inc.
5N Plus is the leading producer of specialty chemicals and engineered materials. Fully integrated with closed-loop recycling facilities, the Company is headquartered in Montreal, Québec, Canada and operates manufacturing facilities and sales offices in several locations in Europe, the Americas and Asia. 5N Plus deploys a range of proprietary and proven technologies to produce products which are used in a number of advanced pharmaceutical, electronic and industrial applications. Typical products include purified metals such as bismuth, gallium, germanium, indium, selenium and tellurium, inorganic chemicals based on such metals and compound semiconductor wafers. Many of these are critical precursors and key enablers in markets such as solar, light-emitting diodes and eco-friendly materials.
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Jean Mayer, Vice President, Legal Affairs, also in charge of investor relations, 5N Plus Inc., (514) 856-0644 x6178, [email protected]
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