Dow Corning entered into a long-term supply agreement with Air Products for electronic-grade silane. "With our silane capacity fully dedicated to the merchant market under a global distributor channel-to-market business model, Dow Corning is offering a cost competitive and reliable first or second source of silane," said Eric Peeters, vice president, Dow Corning Solar Solutions. Dow Corning has been producing electronic-grade silane since March 2011 in a newly constructed fully vertically integrated plant in Thomas Township, MI, adjacent to the polysilicon manufacturing plant of Hemlock Semiconductor. Dow Corning's silane plant has a capacity of 4,000 mtpy, producing silane at the same or even higher level of purity currently offered in the market.