Harsco Acquires Additives Supplier

Harsco Corp. has acquired Performix Technologies, Ltd., an Ohio-based company that produces specialty additives used by steelmakers in the ladle refining of molten steel.

Performix produces a range of materials that are added during ladle refining to improve steel quality and increase steelmaking efficiency. Ladle refining allows steelmakers to process their molten steel to exact chemical specifications outside the steelmaking furnace, thereby freeing up the furnaces for greater production capacity while decreasing energy and other costs per ton of steel produced.

Performix operates from two plants in the U.S. The company serves most major steelmakers in the upper Midwest and Canada, and has more than 30 years of experience in ladle metallurgy.

Harsco expects to expand Performix's value-enhancing product technology into other steelmaking locations served by Harsco throughout the world.