Investment Enhances Vertically Integrated Offering for Thin Film
Deposition Customers
BUFFALO, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Materion Microelectronics & Services, a unit of Materion Corporation
(NYSE: MTRN), has completed a 50% capacity expansion at its facility in
Wheatfield, New York, near Buffalo. The site provides precision parts
cleaning and surface treatment of physical vapor deposition (PVD) shield
kits for manufacturers in such industries as wireless products, LEDs,
medical consumables and photovoltaics. The investment includes a fully
automated robotic twin wire arc spray, increased precious metal refining
capacity, new cleaning processes, and a clean room certified to Class
10,000. Materion is the only vertically integrated global provider of
thin film deposition materials, precision parts cleaning services, and
precious metal recovery and refining.
The fully automated robotic twin wire arc spray is a leading-edge
technology that increases the process lifetime of shielding used in
particulate-sensitive processes. It does this by applying an under-layer
surface coating to parts after they have been cleaned and the precious
metals have been recovered. The coating provides an enhanced surface
roughness that increases a part's adhesion properties in the vacuum
chamber. This allows more material to be deposited and minimizes random
particles that would otherwise be deposited on the subsequent product.
After cleaning, all parts pass through a variety of inspections and
tests to ensure dimensional tolerances and complete cleanliness. When
customers receive their parts back they are ready to be installed into
thin film chambers for deposition. Later, after the part has been used
and returned to Materion, the under-layer coating can be quickly and
easily removed for cleaning. A video of the entire process may be viewed
at: http://materion.com/Businesses/MicroelectronicsandServices/Related-NSE/TwinWireArcSprayVideo.aspx
"The addition of the robotic twin wire arc spray demonstrates our
commitment to process control and staying at the forefront of the
industry," said Jim McMullen, Product Manager-Precision Parts Cleaning
Services. "Because each part is individually programmed into the
system we get tighter control over the coating process. This decreases
variability and makes the coatings more consistent both within an
individual part and from part to part. The result is faster turnaround
and the potential for higher precious metal returns. Customers benefit
from greater tool uptime, improved effective shield life, overall
increased wafer and product yields, and a lower total cost of ownership."
McMullen noted that Materion also has precision parts cleaning
facilities in Ireland and the Czech Republic. "And we are always looking
at additional locations and services. It's our commitment to be our
customers' first choice for all their PVD materials, parts and related
services."
Materion Corporation is headquartered in Mayfield Heights, Ohio. The
Company, through its wholly owned subsidiaries, supplies highly
engineered advanced enabling materials to global markets. Products
include precious and non-precious specialty metals, inorganic chemicals
and powders, specialty coatings, specialty engineered beryllium alloys,
beryllium and beryllium composites, and engineered clad and plated metal
systems.
Materion Corporation
Investor Contact:
Michael C. Hasychak,
216-383-6823
mike.hasychak@materion.com
or
Media
Contact:
James P. McMullen, 716-446-2273
james.mcmullen@materion.com
http://www.materion.com
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Source: Materion Corporation
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