Voltaix

About Voltaix

In 1986, long before the current semiconductor boom, Dr. John P. de Neufville co-founded a company called Voltaix. The business focused on a highly specialized and critical part of the technology supply chain: producing ultra-pure gases and chemicals, like those based on silicon and germanium, essential for manufacturing semiconductor chips and advanced solar cells. Voltaix operated with a clear focus, developing materials used for depositing the microscopic thin films that are fundamental to building modern electronic devices. The company grew steadily, establishing manufacturing facilities in New Jersey, Florida, and Pennsylvania, and eventually expanded internationally with a plant in South Korea. This quiet execution attracted significant investors from the industry itself, including Intel Capital and Samsung Venture Investment, raising over $61 million in funding. The company’s journey reached its major inflection point in 2013. French industrial gas giant Air Liquide announced it would acquire Voltaix, a move designed to combine its own advanced materials division with Voltaix's specialized expertise. The acquisition was finalized in September of that year, integrating Voltaix's 185 employees into the global corporation. Today, Voltaix operates as a key brand within Air Liquide, continuing its work at the heart of the chips that power our connected world.