Vacuum news

New York and Veeco Instruments, Inc, Plainview, New York. It is the feeling of the principals that the Israeli market for vacuum equipment is potentially one of the largest in the world, and is growing at a rate eaual to or better than anv other in the world today. The VIP-Veeco operation will be managed by Shlomo Beitner of Tel- Aviv. Mr Beitner is a graduate of the University of Southern California and the NY Institute of Technologv and has been associated with the vacuum industry in Israel for many years.

New Washington, DC office

Airco Temescal has announced the ouenina of a Washington, DC sales office located a? 1030 15th Street. NW. Washington. DC. Frank Maher, general sales manager of Airco Temescal, stated that this is a further expansion of the sales effort in the south- east region of the United States.

Mr Maher also announced that Alfred E Maskrev has been apnointed district manager for Airco Tern&al with head- quarters in the new Washington office. Mr Maskrey will be responsible for the sales and service of all Airco Temescal equipment in the southeast area of the United States. Airco Temescal manu- facturers a complete line of fast-cycle coaters, high-vacuum valves, electron beam guns and power suppplies and related vacuum equipment hardward.

New vacuum pick-up pencil, with interchangeable tips.

diameter, in either ptfe or metal. The body of the pencil itself has a light blue anodised finish. Light finger pressure on a lever let into the body of the pencil opens a valve to produce suction at the tip, so that when the pencil is put down after use the valve automaticallv closes. The inlet valve is adjustable fo; rate of flow and has a built-in filter to protect the cleanliness of the system.

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Commercial news

Scientific Advances forms new subsidiary

Scientific Advances, Inc-a Columbus, Ohio-based firm specializing in providing management and financial support for technically oriented products, processes and firms, has announced the formation of a new subsidiary, Sciotec Corporation, which will develop, manufacture and market products in the field of vacuum technology. The company will begin pro- duction of a vacuum-deposition-rate moni- tor later this year. The unit is presently being produced in Europe by another SAl affiliate, Nordac S.A., Archamps, France.

William H Mink has been named Vice- President and general manager of the new company. He has been SAl’s chief engineer and has participated in the development of a number of new products in which the parent firm has a vested interest.

Irving Forrest, another member of SAI’s technical staff, has been appointed Sciotec’s senior engineer. Before joining the parent firm, Mr Forrest was senior designer with

Veeco Instruments, Inc, Huntington, New York. The Sciotec’s board of directors is made up of Orval D Berry, SAI President, Robert B Watkins, SAI Vice-President and Chairman of the Sciotec board of directors, and Michael D Diver, SAI Treasurer. Sciotec’s offices and production facilities will be located at 4037 Roberts Road, Columbus.

Scientific Advances, Inc is active in developing technical products and pro- cesses with proven technical feasibility but which require proof of commercial value and application. Its method of operation is such that once a company has been developed to the point where normal risk capital is both readily and economically available to support its continued growth, the purposes of SAL have been accom- plished. Consequently, they dispose of the bulk of their interest in the operation re- investing the capital in the development of additional new ventures.

Other firms affiliated with SAI include two Columbus companies: Metagen Laboratories and Electrospin Corporation. SAl is also affiliated with Unirad Corpora- tion, Denver, Colorado; Automata Cor- poration and Nortec Corporation, both of Richland, Washington.

Representation in Israel

Veeco Instruments, Inc, have announced the formation of VIP-Veeco, Ltd. located in the Weitzman Institute Industrial Park in Rehovoth, Israel. The announcement was made in New York by Joseph Rivlin, Director of Marketing for Veeco Instru- ments. VIP-Veeco will-market Veeco’s line of vacuum equipment in Israel with future plans for assembly of systems and export to foreign markets. VIP-Veeco is a joint venture of VIP, Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of Austin Instrument, Commack,

ERA in Sweden

The success of Electrical Research Asso- ciation’s “contract only” policy of spon- sored research is attracting business interest and new membership on a world-wide basis. Aware that Sweden, in particular, offers substantial scope for its activities, ERA has apuointed as its business Con- sultant in that country: Mr F Grumme, AB Sveadiesel. Box 304. 171 03 SOLNA 3. Sweden. The role of AB Sveadiesel, which is owned by Mr Grumme, is that of an specializing in the supply of equipment to the Swedish Armed Services and having a wide range of contacts both within and outside Sweden. Mr Grumme’s consequent wide knowledge of Swedish industry will be invaluable to ERA in the expansion of its interests there. His terms of reference include the recruitment of members to ERA and the securing of contracts for research and other services offered by the Associa- tion.

Largest ever helium consignment

Air Products has taken delivery of the largest single consignment of helium ever to arrive in Britain. A total of 940,000 cu ft of helium arrived at the company’s helium distribution centre at Bracknell in a 4000 gallon liquid storage tank and three 38 ft long gas tube road trailers. These trailers, believed to be the largest of their type operating anywhere in the world, comprise 12 high pressure gas cylinders. each having a capacity of 15,600 cu ft and operating at 3.000 nsi. Air Products has been imnortine very high purity helium extracted from td natural gas fields of Kansas in bulk for two years and already the company supplies

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