Voltaix manufactures specialty chemicals with exceptional expertise in silicon, germanium and boron chemistry. It is the leading manufacturer of germane gas, a crucial ingredient in the fabrication of semiconductors and solar cells, and its products are custom designed for use in the most demanding semiconductor deposition applications. The company is ISO certified.

Voltaix commissioned Jacobs/Wyper to design a new manufacturing headquarters on a 25-acre site in Portland, Pennsylvania. Along with new administration building, this new high hazard facility consists of a manufacturing facility, exterior tank farms and gas storage pads. As an H-2 occupancy  as defined in the International Building Code, the complex planning, design and detailing of this facility and the rigorous scrutiny of local approving agencies made this a long and complex process to reach the construction phase. Start-up of the facility will be mid-2011.

Program Areas

• Administration building
• Shipping and receiving building with storage mezzanine
• Chemical tank farm with a structural canopy
• Manufacturing building with exterior process pads