Critical Minerals Factbook
Facility

Lattice Materials Bozeman germanium plant

The Department of War identifies Lattice's Bozeman facility as an operating crystal and optics plant that will add germanium-metal recovery from recycled scrap and expand optical-grade crystal capacity.

Facts on this page last re-verified Aug 18, 2026 — the oldest verification date among its current claims. How we verify.

Location: Bozeman, Montana, United States

Recycling

Germanium scrap-to-metal line

Announced

Recovery of germanium metal from recycled scrap

Material flow

Germanium-Bearing Scrap → Refined Germanium Metal

Capacity

No capacity claim. Absence of a figure means no source publishes one.

Qualification

No qualification claim. Status does not imply qualified output.

Crystal substrate

Optical-grade germanium crystal line

Operating

Crystal growth and fabrication of optical-grade germanium forms

Material flow

Refined Germanium Metal → Germanium Bulk Crystal, Germanium Optical Blank

Capacity

No capacity claim. Absence of a figure means no source publishes one.

Qualification

No qualification claim. Status does not imply qualified output.

Sources