Ferro Corp.

Public Company, Headquarters Location
1000 Lakeside Ave., Cleveland, OH 44114-1117, United States
(216)641-8580, (216)875-7205 fax, http://www.ferro.com

Primary SIC: Paints Varnishes Lacquers Enamels, Primary NAICS: Paint and Coating Manufacturing
Description: Founded by Harry D. Cushman in 1919, Ferro Corp. incorporated in Ohio and went public on the New York Stock Exchange. Ferro provides technology-based performance colorants as manufacturers of high-quality glazes, frits, enamels, pigments and dinnerware decoration colors. The company materials enhance the performance of products in a variety of end market applications, including electronics, solar energy, telecommunications, pharmaceuticals, building and renovation, appliances, automotive, household furnishings, and industrial products. The company makes all kinds of colorants, including ceramic glazes, pigments and porcelain enamels. Ferro's products are used in construction and by manufacturers of appliances, cars, electronics, tile, glass, cookware, specialty plastics, electronic materials and household furnishings. As of 2008, Ferro also produces industrial chemicals (including stabilizers, plasticizers, and lubricants) used by makers of fuels, foods, cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, and plastics. Headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio, Ferro currently operates 50 manufacturing sites around the throughout the United States in New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Indiana and Texas, and internationally in Japan, China, Australia, Indonesia, Germany, Brazil , Mexico, Thailand, Europe and The Netherlands. Ferro is a global manufacturer and sells to customers in more than 100 countries. Other subsidiaries maintained by the company include Ferro Electronic Materials Inc.; Ferro Pfanstiehl Laboratories Inc.; Ferro Pfanstiehl; Ferro Glass and Color Corporation and Ferro Graphics. More

Manufacturing: Powder coatings for ceramics, colors, plastics, chemicals and paints.