Industry
AKT America, Inc. is a leading supplier of systems, processes and services to the flat panel display (FPD) manufacturing industry, focusing on applications that serve the Thin Film Transistor Liquid Crystal Displays (TFT-LCD). AKT is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Applied Materials, Inc. the global leader in Nanomanufacturing Technology™ solutions with a broad portfolio of innovative equipment, service and software products for fabrication of semiconductor chips, flat panel displays, solar photovoltaic cell, flexible electronics and energy efficient glass.
BAE Systems Aerospace & Defense Group Inc. develops and manufactures ballistic and blast protection armoring systems for various military ground vehicles; supplies life safety and survivability systems to the U.S. military, and aerospace and defense prime contractors; develops and supplies personnel equipment, including small arms protective inserts and other engineered ceramic body armors, helmets, shields, and other similar protective and duty equipment; and develops and sells military rotary and fixed-wing aircraft seating systems, helicopter cockpit airbag systems, aircraft armor kits, emergency bailout parachutes, and survival equipment worn by military aircrew. This group also offers modular lightweight load-carrying equipment systems, outer tactical vests, and advanced combat helmets.
Boeing Integrated Defense Systems, is one of the world's largest space and defense businesses specializing in innovative and capabilities-driven customer solutions, and the world's largest and most versatile manufacturer of military aircraft. Headquartered in St. Louis, Boeing Integrated Defense Systems is a $32.1 billion business with 71,000 employees worldwide. McDonnell Douglas Helicopter Company is a wholly owned subsidiary of The Boeing Company.
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DuPont Teijin Films, now the world's leading supplier of PET and PEN polyester films, specializes in film products and related services for the specialty, industrial, packaging and advanced magnetic media and photo systems, electrical and electronics markets.
E Ink Corporation, is the world's leading supplier of electronic paper display (EPD) technologies. E Ink's technology is ideal for many consumer and industrial applications spanning handheld devices, eBooks, PC-accessories, watches, clocks, and public information displays and promotional signs. E Ink's electrophoretic displays are ideally suited for mobile military and commercial applications with features including sunlight readability, ruggedness, and low-power bistability. E Ink is a private corporation that includes among its investors and strategic partners TOPPAN Printing Company, The Hearst Corporation, Intel Capital, Air Products and Chemicals, Inc., and Motorola, Inc.
Etched In Time, Inc., founded in 2005, was created out of PI, Inc. and continued manufacturing semiconductor related equipment for the IC and Flat Panel industries. AVX, Brooks Automation, E3 Systems, Honeywell, Spectra Physics, Lucent Technologies, and Freescale have all been satisfied customers.
EV Group, founded in 1980, is a global supplier of wafer bonders, aligners, photoresist coaters, cleaners and inspection systems for semiconductor, MEMS and emerging nanotechnology markets. EV Group holds the dominant share of the market for wafer bonding equipment and is a leader in lithography for advanced packaging and nanotechnology.
The FlexTech Alliance is the only organization headquartered in North America exclusively devoted to fostering the growth, profitability and success of the electronic display and the flexible, printed electronics supply chain. Leveraging its rich history in promoting the display industry as the U.S. Display Consortium, the FlexTech Alliance offers expanded collaboration between and among industry, academia, government, and research organizations for advancing displays and flexible, printed electronics from R&D to commercialization. To this end, the FlexTech Alliance, based in San Jose, Calif., will help foster development of the supply chain required to support a world-class, manufacturing capability for displays and flexible, printed electronics.
General Dynamics has leading market positions in business aviation and aircraft services, land and amphibious combat systems, mission-critical information systems and technologies, and shipbuilding and marine systems. The company is a leading supplier of sophisticated defense systems to the United States and its allies, and sets the world standard in business jets.
HP focuses on simplifying technology experiences for all of its customers – from individual consumers to the largest businesses. With a portfolio that spans printing, personal computing, software, services and IT infrastructure, HP is among the world’s largest IT companies. HP will be working with the FDC in the area of novel TFT technologies.
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Honeywell is a diversified technology and manufacturing leader of aerospace products and services; control technologies for buildings, homes and industry; automotive products; power generation systems; specialty chemicals; fibers; plastics and advanced materials. Honeywell Aerospace is a leading global provider of integrated avionics, engines, systems and service solutions.
L-3 Communications Display Systems, located in Alpharetta, Georgia, specializes in the design, development and manufacture of ruggedized display systems for the world's most advanced applications. They offer a wide variety of displays and processors available to meet a host of system architectures for airborne, shipboard and ground-based applications.
Headquartered in Bethesda, Md., Lockheed Martin is a global security company that employs about 146,000 people worldwide and is principally engaged in the research, design, development, manufacture, integration and sustainment of advanced technology systems, products and services. The corporation reported 2008 sales of $42.7 billion.
LG Display is a global leader in development and manufacture of TFT-LCD panels for televisions, monitors, notebooks, and emerging mobile applications.
MOCON’s Corporate Headquarters are in Minneapolis, MN, with operations inTexas, Colorado, Germany and China. The company has core expertise and products in development and manufacture for gas detection, measurement and analysis. Of particular interest to the FDC are their instruments for oxygen permeation (OTR) and water vapor permeation (WVTR) through polymer films. They also offer testing services and consulting for materials evaluation. The FDC is collaborating with MOCON to establish protocols for using MOCON’s new Aquatran for WVTR measurments (the detection limit of this instrument is improved over previous generations (to 5 x 10-4 g/m2-day) and screening/evaluation of barrier and thin film encapsulation layers for flexible displays and flexible electronics.
Particle Measuring Systems has over 35 years experience as the industry leader in particle monitoring and microcontamination control. Particle Measuring Systems combines high-performance instrumentation with application expertise to solve the problems of pharmaceutical, semiconductor, and other high tech manufacturers.
Plextronics, Inc. is an international technology company that specializes in printed solar, lighting and other organic electronics. Headquartered in Pittsburgh, PA., the company's focus is on organic solar cell and organic light emitting diodes (OLED), specifically the conductive inks and process technologies that enable those and other similar applications. With a company vision of enabling 15 billion printed electronic devices by 2015, Plextronics is creating technology capable of commercial-scale manufacturability and performance. The company's device design, process technology and Plexcore® branded inks enable the formation of active electrical layers — the key drivers of printed electronics. The privately held company was founded in 2002 as a spinout from Carnegie Mellon University, based upon conductive polymer technology developed by Dr. Richard McCullough. Over the past six years, Plextronics scientists have refined and further developed this technology to deliver exceptional performance for printed electronics.
QD Vision is a quantum dot product company that delivers highly differentiated lighting and display solutions to major industries where color, power and design matter. QD Vision’s Quantum Light™ platform enables step-change advances in current generation solutions, such as LCDs, LEDs and even OLEDs, and ultimately a significant leap over these technologies. Leveraging a first-tier patent position in nanotechnology originating at MIT, QD Vision is a privately held company based in
Raytheon is a technology leader specializing in defense, homeland security, and other government markets throughout the world. Raytheon provides state-of-the-art electronics, mission systems integration, and other capabilities in the areas of sensing; effects; command, control, communications and intelligence systems, as well as a broad range of mission support services.
Sharp Laboratories of America, the cornerstone of Sharp Corporation's global research and development network, founded in 1995 and headquartered in Camas, Washington, is Sharp Laboratories first and only U.S. based R&D laboratory. They focus on trends, technology issues and product demands of North American markets and develop technologies to match. R&D Initiatives are organized between four areas: Consumer Systems & Technology, Digital Imaging Systems, Advanced Video & Display Technology and Materials & Device Applications.
Surface Science Integration (SSI) is based in Phoenix, Arizona. SSI specializes in the development of unique technologies and products for the advanced materials, nanotechnology, MEMS and compound semiconductor markets. SSI’s products are designed specifically for R&D and pre-production level processes and includes exposure systems and rapid thermal annealers.
Founded in Japan in 1952, ULVAC is an international corporation that designs, manufacturers and markets equipment and materials for industrial applications of vacuum technology. Today, ULVAC is a leading global supplier of production systems, instrumentation, pumps and vacuum components used in the semiconductor, flat panel display, disk/magnetic media, and industrial manufacturing markets. The corporation is comprised of some 36 individual companies engaged in all sectors of the vacuum industry. The ULVAC name is derived from the company's conceptual foundation - "The ULtimate in VACuum Technology"
Universal Display Corporation (UDC) is a world leader in developing and commercializing innovative OLED technologies and materials for use in the electronic flat panel display and other markets. UDC technologies and materials can provide OLED manufacturers and product developers with product differentiation and a competitive advantage.