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Sputtering Components, Inc. of Owatonna, Minnesota, USA is pleased to announce the formation of Sputtering Components Japan, Inc. as a new representative in Japan effective immediately Tomoaki Higuchi (right), founder and CEO of Sputtering Components Japan, has worked in the vacuum industry for 19 years.  A graduate of Waseda University in Tokyo with a Bachelor of Arts in Japanese history, he…

Sputtering Components proudly announces the official product release of the Remotely Adjustable Magnet Bar or RAM-Bar™.  This magnet bar allows customers to adjust the distance between the magnet pack and the target surface from outside the vacuum chamber during processing.  As a result, the user can adjust deposition uniformity in real time.  The RAM-Bar™ is a…

Sputtering Components proudly announces the official product release of the CM external-mount end block. As with all SCI cathodes, the CM-Series endblock offers a customizable drive shaft length, simple design, and the patented water fill and drain feature.  What makes this product unique is the ability to place dual cathodes in a 220-mm space and the flexibility in target sizes it can…

Sputtering Components is pleased to announce that enhanced modeling tools are available as a free service for all SCI customers. In recent months, SCI has purchased two significant modeling applications to assist with internal diagnostics on core products, as well as products in the Research and Development department. The modeling capabilities this software provides are invaluable in helping…

Sputtering Components hosted the second annual Deposition Technology Workshop on November 19th, 2014 in San Francisco, California. The event, held in conjunction with SCI’s annual sales meeting, was attended by more than 90 customers, distributors, and representatives from around the world. Speakers for this event included David Christie from Advanced Energy, Mark Abbott from Lite…