MAT-VAC News

2009

• MAT-VAC Sputtering Coating Services department begins shipping production quantities of thin film coated cardiac pacemaker wire "pins" to a major manufacturer of cardiac pacemaker implant device components.

2008

• MAT-VAC successfuly installs a MVT-90X/3 sputtering system at a major computer print head manufacturer located in New Jersey. MAT-VAC was selected for this order over a leading New Jersey based competitor company. Despite the close physical proximity of the competitor company, the MAT-VAC sputtering tool was selected after a careful and rigorous evaluation process due to its increased suitability for the customer"s thin film process requirements, ease of operation, and overall superior process programming capabilities.
  

  "Kudos to MAT-VAC on providing flexible software that allows long, complex recipes including multiple, successive deposit, etch, and cool steps. They've provided excellent hardware *and* software with fast, responsive support as we push the limit on what a sputtering system is normally asked to do." — Customer Quote

• Remote IT Software Support Capabilities.
  MAT-VAC announces the Remote Access Support Program (RASP):
  Its innovative state-of-the-art Universal Sputterer PLC GUI design allows MAT-VAC the capability to download software updates, revisions, fixes and diagnose software/hardware problems over a secure, virus protected, high speed internet connection from its Florida, USA based headquarters location or any other location. Learn more.


• MAT-VAC announces the availability of two (2) In-Line Load Lock Batch Sputtering Systems - models MVT-94X/4 and MVT-90X/4 with four (4) target capabilities.

2007

• MAT-VAC books order for an MVT-94X/3 Load Lock Sputtering System to major Southeastern RF Microwave microelectronics manufacturer.


• MAT-VAC Exhibits at Society of Vacuum Coaters 50th Annual Technical Conference in Louisville, KY, April 28-May 3.



• MAT-VAC Ships MVT-8X/3 (round targets) Sputtering System to prestigious Kostas Facility of Micro & Nanofabrication of Northeastern University, Boston MA. System is installed and running in ONE day!


• MAT-VAC Ships MVT-94X/3 to major Midwestern semiconductor IC manufacturer. MAT-VAC won the delivery bonus for delivering the completed system 4 weeks ARO. System was installed and operational in two days!

2006

• MAT-VAC ships MVT-94X/3 to Southeastern US advanced semiconductor process development firm "creating next-generation 3D integration strategies and processes"


• MAT-VAC ships a MVT-8X/3 (round targets) to major Minnesota based manufacturer of thin film sensors.


• MAT-VAC ships the last of five (5) MVT-94X & 60X series load lock batch sputtering systems to a major Southeastern US manufacturer of thin film products & resistive components. Customer reports better film quality and adhesion than that of their previous systems.

2005

• MAT-VAC Ships MVT-94X/2 load lock batch sputtering system to Southwestern US based world-wide leading manufacturer of "Vertical Cavity Surface Emitting Laser Components"


• MAT-VAC ships MVT-94X/3 to Lockheed/Martin Co., Orlando, FL. System configuration is "full up" with all RF, DC, Heat, and Shutter options.


• MAT-VAC ships MVT-94X/3 to major ceramics to metal sealing high tech component manufacturer.


• MAT-VAC ships first of five (5) MVT-94X & 60X series systems to a Southeastern US manufacturer of thin film products & resistive components. These are the first of the Universal Sputterer™ based systems.


• MAT-VAC Completes design and internal test of the Universal Sputterer™ automation platform begun in 2004. This single platform supports 8 different MAT-VAC MVT-94X/90X/64X/60X/8X series sputtering system models.


• MAT-VAC ships two (2) MVT-64X series tools to Southeastern US based thin film battery R&D company.