Momentive Performance Materials Inc. produces silicones and silicone derivatives, and products derived from quartz and specialty ceramics. The company's Silicones business manufactures, sells, and distributes silanes, specialty silicones, and urethane additives. It offers fluids used in textiles, personal care, home care, agriculture, and oil and gas applications; silanes and resins used in tires, additives, masonry water repellents, and protective coatings; and intermediate products used as inputs for other product portfolios. This business also provides elastomers for healthcare and automotive applications; engineered materials, including specialty coatings products that provide temperature resistance, abrasion resistance, pressure sensitive adhesion or release, and weatherability applications; and room temperature vulcanizing products, such as engineered gels, greases, adhesives, encapsulants, and sealants used in micro- and macro-electronics assembly, consumer electronics, automotive, aerospace, consumer goods, and industrial sealing applications. In addition, it offers urethane additives comprising silicone surfactants for stabilizing polyurethane foam, tertiary amines, and gel and balanced catalysis; consumer sealants and adhesives for homeowners, builders, and contractors; and construction sealants used in structural glazing, weather-sealing, and insulated glass applications. The company's Quartz business develops and manufactures fused quartz and ceramic materials, which are used in various industries, including semiconductor, lamp tubing, manufacturing, packaging, cosmetics, and fiber optics. It produces quartz tubing, ingots and crucibles, non-oxide ceramic powders, coatings, and solids. Momentive Performance Materials Inc. sells its products in the Americas, Europe, and Asia. The company is headquartered in Waterford, New York. Momentive Performance Materials Inc. is a subsidiary of Momentive Performance Materials Holdings LLC.
