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March 14, 2025 | PRNewswireEstimated reading time: 2 minutes
Boulder Scientific Company (BSC) announces completion of several investments at its Mead and Longmont, Colorado manufacturing facilities to support customers in the polyolefins, electronics, aerospace and defense sectors. The technology and infrastructure investments include enhancements to BSC's analytical lab, where BSC has recently started up a clean room to enable detection of trace metals to the parts per billion level. In addition, BSC has commissioned additional low volume and commercial scale purification and distillation equipment to meet very low trace metal specifications required in metal precursors used in semiconductor chip fabrication.
BSC has also expanded multi-purpose synthesis capacity by 20%. This investment at the Longmont facility enables the production of a novel silane polymer which will be used by customers to manufacture advanced composite parts for aerospace applications. This capacity can also be used to manufacture BSC's traditional organometallic compounds used in many end markets such as advanced catalysts for polymer production.
BSC's technological upgrades respond to the electronic sector's growing demand for high-quality, ultra-pure organometallic compounds. The CHIPS and Science Act enacted in 2022 spurred increased domestic production of specialty materials used in semiconductor chips. "Our business continues to see growth in demand for complex organometallic molecules used in many end markets, including their use as catalysts or components for metallocene-based polyolefins and as metal precursors for atomic layer deposition (ALD) in semiconductor chip production," said Rich Preziotti, CEO of BSC.
Remarking on how the recent investments will support customers, Chief Commercial Officer Jim Giolitto said BSC's investments reflect a commitment to supporting the reliability of the organometallic supply chain serving North America's semi-conductor industry. "Manufacturing organometallics in the U.S. helps reduce the risk of supply disruptions that could occur due to geopolitical concerns and shifts in regulatory policies," he said. "Boulder Scientific is one of the few organometallic material manufacturers in North America at scale not affiliated with a tier one supplier to semiconductor chip manufacturers."
The facility upgrades will increase the company's workforce by approximately five percent. Two additional large-scale enhancements are planned in the next few years at BSC's Longmont manufacturing facility. Beyond investing in technology and infrastructure, BSC is also earning industry recognition for its robust safety culture. The Society of Chemical Manufacturers & Affiliates (SOCMA) recently announced BCS as a 2024 recipient of its Safety Recognition Program for both the Longmont and Mead sites.
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