Ferro Corporation, is a producer of specialty materials and chemicals that are sold to a range of manufacturers who, in turn, make products for end-use markets. In approximately 50 manufacturing sites around the world, the Company produces products, such as Inorganic specialty products, which include glazes, frits, enamels, pigments, dinnerware decorations and other performance materials; Organic specialty products, which include polymer specialty materials, engineered plastic compounds, pigments, electrolytes, specialty solvents, and high-potency pharmaceutical active ingredients, and Electronic materials, which include high-performance dielectrics, conductive pastes, metal powders and polishing materials. In October 2009, the Company announced streamlining of its business into two: The Electronics, Color and Glass Materials Group and The Polymer and Ceramic Engineered Materials Group.