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Five receive service milestone awards

December 10, 2018 News
Besides reducing costs of hiring and training, high employee retention means satisfied, experienced employees are producing quality products for their customers. Here at Sputtering Components we are proud of our employee retention record. Recognized this year for milestone years of dedicated service are Greg Halvorson, Service Manager (5 years); Eric Sundve, Material Handling (5 years); Mike…

Sputtering Components now a member of the Bühler Group

October 19, 2018 Press Release
Owatonna, MN USA, October 1, 2018 – Sputtering Components Inc. (SCI) has become a member of the Bühler Group. Bühler has purchased all shares from the previous owners. Sputtering Components Inc. – Member of the Bühler Group, will operate as an independent business unit within the vacuum coating business area of Bühler Leybold Optics. “We have intensively…

Sputtering Components will be a member of the Bühler Group

June 20, 2018 Press Release
Uzwil, Switzerland, June 20, 2018 – Sputtering Components Inc. (SCI) will become a new member of the Bühler Group.  Post acquisition, Sputtering Components Inc. – Member of the Bühler Group, will operate as an autonomous unit of the vacuum coating business of Bühler Leybold Optics. Antonio Requena, CEO of Bühler Leybold Optics, is pleased about the…

Weihai will be new site for SCI China

February 13, 2018 News
Sputtering Components China (XRVT), an independent distributor for Sputtering Components, is moving its manufacturing facilities from Shanghai to its own, larger and more modern facility in Weihai, Shandong province. It will still maintain an office in Shanghai.  SCI China’s new facility in Weihai will have two factories and an office building. Construction is slated to begin in late…

Application spotlight: Functional and decorative coatings

February 13, 2018 News
In the medical industry, electronic implants, surgical tools, orthopedics…for automobiles, wheels, lighting and reflectors, interior and exterior trim…around the home, faucets, window and door hardware, consumer electronics... Items made with functional and decorative coatings surround us.  These thin-film coatings are traditionally produced using technologies…