Arch Chemicals Begins Commercial Production of CMP Unit in Arizona

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Researched by Industrialinfo.com (Industrial Information Resources, Incorporated; Houston, Texas). Planar Solutions, LLC, a joint venture company comprised of Arch Chemicals (NYSE: ARJ) (Norwalk, Connecticut) and Wacker Silicones Corporation (Adrian, Michigan) began commercial operation of their new chemical mechanical planarization (CMP) unit at Arch Chemical's Queen Creek (Mesa), Arizona plant (Plant 1021397) in January.

Johnson Carlier Incorporated (Tempe, Arizona) provided construction services for this estimated $5 million project, as the general contractor. Industrialinfo.com originally reported this project in December of 2002 (PEC 43000400) and announced the approval of this unit addition in this Industry Alert: Design-Build Contract Awarded for New Specialty Chemicals Unit Addition in Arizona.

This new unit adds to the already large spectrum of microelectronic chemicals produced at the Mesa plant including hydrogen peroxide, wafer etching acids, and slurry compounds. Arch Chemicals constructed the Mesa plant in 1994 during the electronics industry boom.