Partnering with Customers to Solve Coatings Issues
WESTFORD, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Materion Microelectronics & Services, a Materion Corporation (NYSE:MTRN)
business, has opened a customer-focused Materials Applications
Laboratory. "The launch of the Applications Laboratory will expand
Materion's collaboration with our customers," says Richard Koba,
Marketing Manager for the lab. "It will offer an avenue to address
challenging technical issues, as well as provide opportunities for joint
development of new physical vapor deposition (PVD) materials. Customers
are encouraged to reach out directly and partner with Materion's
applications engineers to solve their PVD material issues."
Purpose of the Lab
The Applications Laboratory at the Westford facility will serve three
functions: produce coatings for customer evaluations of PVD materials,
promote customer education/collaboration and support Materion internal
R&D. The laboratory features thin film equipment, such as a sputtering
system with a 150mm diameter target and an electron beam box coater. It
also contains a wide range of thin film characterization equipment,
including a KLA-Tencor Surfscan 6420, which measures the surface
topology (particles) on deposited films.
Coatings for Customer Evaluations
Materion offers quick-turn development of new metal alloys for various
technological applications across diverse markets including: hard disk
drive, silicon semiconductor, gallium arsenide (GaAs), radio frequency
(RF) and light-emitting diode (LED). Our customers are able to evaluate
thin films deposited from Materion's broad catalog of metallic and
ceramic PVD products, as well as new PVD materials. Previously,
evaluation of coatings deposited by Materion's evaporation or sputtering
materials was performed by the customer, but now, under certain
circumstances, Materion can provide test coatings.
Evaluation of coatings becomes especially important if the initial price
of the PVD target or slug is high, as in the case of precious metals. If
the material of interest is in stock at Materion, customers can purchase
test coatings to check if a higher-cost PVD material will work for their
application prior to having to purchase a target.
Collaboration and Education
Two applications engineers have been added to the Materion staff. Both
are highly effective in building customer relationships and experienced
in the field of PVD processing. Dr. David Van Heerden is primarily
responsible for collaborating with customers, educating them on material
properties and identifying PVD solutions. Mr. Lawrence Luke is in charge
of day-to-day operations of the Lab.
Expanded Research & Development
The PVD Applications Laboratory will also focus on R&D. An example of
recent work relates to EVAPro®, Materion's proprietary gold evaporation
slugs. The Lab's evaluation is necessary for detection of the very low
density of gold particles that ensure cleanliness and purity in the
deposited coatings. It also supports efforts to reduce "spitting" from
other evaporation materials in addition to gold.
With the opening of the PVD Materials Applications Laboratory and staff
additions, Materion further expands its direct customer reach. With this
collaborative approach, it is expected that coatings solutions and new
PVD product opportunities will benefit both parties.
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
Media Contact:
Susan
Doughtie, Marketing Communications, 716-446-2307
susan.doughtie@materion.com
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Investor
Contact:
Michael Hasychak, Vice President, Treasurer and
Secretary, 216-383-6823
mike.hasychak@materion.com
http://www.materion.com
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Source: Materion Corporation
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