Our compact vacuum deposition system would be a valued addition to any materials research lab and can easily be integrated to a glovebox if your work involves air sensitive materials. The Covap II is capable of depositing a wide range of materials including low temperature organic compounds through to high temperature metals.

Please note the hours for the exhibition will be 10AM – 6PM from Monday March 26 through to Thursday March 29. Hope to see you there.

David Pitts started with Angstrom in 2007 as a Project & Operations Manager and his expertise in manufacturing has greatly assisted Angstrom’s growth over the past 4 years, including overseeing the company’s relocation to a larger facility in 2008.

“These new changes are an exciting step for our company as we work to bring new technologies and products to thin film researchers and extend our reach into new countries.” explains Andrew Campbell.

Angstrom Engineering is one of the fastest growing companies providing PVD and CVD thin film deposition systems to the research and development market.

Soon after our return from sunny California we will be back in the air headed to Marrakech, Morocco where we will be attending the Polymer Processing Society’s annual meeting (May 10-14). For more information on this exciting thin film conference take a look through their website www.pps-27.com. Now if the beautiful weather in these 2 locales isn’t enough to get you excited then fortunately we may have saved the best for June when we will be visiting Singapore to attend the International Conference on Materials for Advanced Technologies (June 26- July 1). Our booth location is G13C which will be on the 3rd floor of Suntec. We hope to see you soon, enjoy the spring.

Our most compact vacuum deposition system would be a valued addition to a materials research lab and can easily be integrated to a glovebox if your work involves air sensitive materials. The Covap II is capable of depositing a wide range of materials including low temperature organic compounds through to high temperature metals.

And don’t forget we have an iPad to give away so stop by our booth and take the opportunity to learn more about our company and our products.

Ranking Canada's Fastest-Growing Companies by five-year revenue growth, the PROFIT 100 profiles the country's most successful growth companies. Published in the June issue of PROFIT and online at PROFITguide.com, the PROFIT 100 is Canada's largest annual celebration of entrepreneurial achievement. Angstrom Engineering is listed at number 194 of the Top 200, representing a sales growth of 183%. Today, Angstrom exports 97% of their products.

"To be included in this accomplished group of businesses is an honor. Our place on this list is a reflection of our hard work and the loyalty our world-class customers have toward our products and expertise," explains Andrew Bass, Angstrom Engineering's Founder and current President. "Our continued controlled growth isn't attributable to any one single thing. Given the variety of industries we serve, our solutions have to be creative and flexible. We remain proud of our enormously responsive, pioneering culture and the dedicated employees that skillfully serve clients across the globe."

"The PROFIT 100 winners demonstrate great foresight, agility and tenacity," says Ian Portsmouth, editor of PROFIT. "All managers of small and medium-sized businesses can learn valuable lessons from the Canada's Fastest-Growing Companies, especially which management practices drive growth in today's economy."

Systems of this size often use a bell-jar vacuum chamber design which requires the components to be mounted from the bottom of the system. This imposes restrictions on stage fixturing and reduces accessibility to the inside of the chamber. Instead, Angstrom created a unique ø300mm x 365mm tall clam-shell chamber designed to improve accessibility. A clam-shell chamber hinges the vacuum chamber in the centre providing excellent access to the inside of the system, significantly improving day to day performance and cleaning and maintenance tasks. This advantage is magnified when dexterity is reduced while working in a glove box, common when using air sensitive materials.

The Covap II evaporator has features often restricted to much larger systems: recipe-based depositions with process data logging, automated pumping sequences and fixturing which supports up to 100mm diameter substrates. While small thin film deposition systems are typically designed to be inexpensive, Angstrom set out to design and build a tool that did not compromise on quality or features but was still budget sensitive. By offering this type of system in a smaller package, Angstrom was able to reduce cost and machine footprint while still retaining industry's most desirable attributes.

Angstrom's Engineering's Sales & Marketing Manager, Andrew Campbell, [P.Eng.] points out that, "For processes requiring controlled atmosphere integration, the Covap II is design ready to be built into a new or existing glove box. PVD process challenges are solved by using the inert atmosphere of a glove box. This total system integration allows non-PVD and PVD processes to be connected within a controlled environment. The integrated system allows sensitive materials and substrates to be stored, then moved from process to process and tested without exposure to the room environment. Given our performance across the globe, we're now an internationally recognized supplier of PVD thin film equipment."