Ferro Corp. (Vibrantz)

Company Overview

Ferro Corp. is a producer of technology-based performance materials and provides performance coatings, colors and glasses; pigments, powders and oxides; polymer additives; and specialty plastics.

Ferro’s Filled and Reinforced Plastics Group produces filled and reinforced plastics along with specialty polyolefin alloys used in automotive and appliance applications, household furnishings and leisure products. The company spent $35.6 million, $41.0 million, and $40.1 million in 2020, 2019, and 2018 respectively, for research and development.

Some of Ferro’s key reinforced-plastic products include:

• Ferrex mineral-filled high-gloss polypropylene (PP) – an alternative to acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS), used for appliances, houseware products, lawn/garden products, power tools and recreational applications. 

• Gapex – high-performance, glass-fiber-reinforced PP targeted for pool and transportation markets. 

• Gapex HT – reinforced polyamide/PP alloys/blends for the automotive, appliance, liquid-handling, power-tool, and other markets.

Company's Business Segments

• Core products and technologies : The company generates revenue through core products and technologies such as Ceramic décor colors and materials, Chemical dispersions, Digital inks, Drilling fluid additives, Electronic materials, Engineered and other mineral additives, Engobes and glazes, Glass colors and materials, Industrial specialty materials and glasses, Innovatint software solutions, Iron and chromite, Laser marking materials, Liquid colorants and performance additives, Manganese chemicals, Pearls technology, Porcelain enamels, Organic and inorganic pigments, Organic inks and coatings, Surface polishing