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FIA Releases 2025 Global Fusion Industry Report
The fusion industry raised $2.64 billion in private and public funding in the 12 months leading to July 2025, according to the annual Global Fusion Industry Report by the Fusion Industry Association (FIA). The figure marks a significant increase from 2024 and is the second highest yearly fusion funding figure since the report began, after the 2022 record year.
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Kolzer Srl joins a team of established U.S. industry experts with a new U.S. base and a shared global vision.
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MKS Named As One of America’s Best Mid-Sized Companies
MKS Inc. was named one of America’s Best Mid-Sized Companies for 2025 by Time and Statista, for its strong employee satisfaction, revenue growth, and sustainability transparency.
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Manufacturer with Fil-Tech Quality
Fil-Tech offers Quality and Savings from Stock® for its electron beam gun and ion source replacement parts, Quality Crystals®, INFICON rate monitors and controllers, vacuum sensor hardware, vacuum measurement gauges, FT704 and fluid for pumps. We now represent Frontier Vacuum for quality and competitively priced gate, ball and angle valves.
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Gencoa Builds on Sales and Technical Support Offering for US
Gencoa offers technical sales and support to customers across the USA and recently welcomed Michael Cummins to the team. As US Sales Representative, Michael will facilitate sales and product promotion, support established sales reps and industry partners, and assist in conducting on-site demonstrations of key products.
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Worlds First Ferroelectric Aluminum-Scandium Nitride by Plasma-Enhanced Atomic Layer Deposition
This article presents a plasma-enhanced atomic layer deposition (PEALD) method for creating ferroelectric aluminum-scandium nitride (Al₀.₈₈Sc₀.₁₂N) thin films under ultrahigh purity conditions. The study highlights the film's strong c-axis orientation, ferroelectric switching behavior, and excellent 3D conformal coating capability across complex structures.
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Plansee Unveils Diffusion-Welded E-Chuck Base Plates for Semiconductor Manufacturing
Plansee has successfully prototyped diffusion-welded base plates for electrostatic chucks (E-Chucks), a critical component in semiconductor production. Developed across sites in Japan, Lechbruck, Reutte, and Carlsbad, these high-performance components offer enhanced thermal and mechanical properties for microchip manufacturing.
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How Plasma Cleaning Ensures Superior Adhesion Across Industries
Microscopic contaminations not visible to the naked eye are found on all surfaces. Almost always, these contaminants must be removed as a first step to producing faultless adhesion between surfaces when working in the application of gluing, printing, painting, bonding, or coating. At IES, we’re proud to partner with industry leaders like PVA TePla to bring state-of-the-art plasma cleaning technology to our customers. We provide the equipment, technical expertise, and integration support manufacturers need to achieve superior adhesion, cleaner surfaces, and more consistent production results.
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How to Choose a Precious Metal Sputtering Target Manufacturer
With gold prices above $4,000/oz and silver topping $50/oz DHF Technical Products is helping customers reevaluate the life cycle of their precious metal sputtering targets to help maximize cash flow and lower cost of ownership.
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ANCORP UHV Chamber Providing Milestone Success for Brookhaven National Lab
Brookhaven National Laboratory has reached a major milestone in building the world’s first fully polarized Electron-Ion Collider (EIC), a breakthrough in nuclear physics research. At the core of the achievement is a high-voltage polarized electron gun, enabled by a custom-engineered, 36-inch spherical vacuum chamber manufactured by ANCORP.
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GP Plasma and Shine Labs Teaming Up on Flexible Perovskite Solar Cells
Shine Labs is developing microgroove flexible perovskite solar cells and transport layers. With GP Plasma’s support on the development with HiPIMS technology for collimated sputtering and glancing angle deposition.
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Mustang Creates Customized Deposition Solutions
The ultimate measure of production solutions is capacity, yield and uptime. Mustang can customize any piece of equipment to meet your specific needs. Increase your thoughput with the right Deposition Equipment.
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Fil-Tech’s Replacement EBeam and Ion Source Parts and INFICON Controllers
Fil-Tech supplies replacement parts for electron beam guns and Mark I and Mark II ion sources. We offer INFICON rate/thickness monitors and controllers and manufacture sensor hardware for your thin film deposition requirements at competitive prices.
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Advanced Energy’s New Power Controller Increases Stability of Semiconductor and Industrial Processes
The Thyro-XD SCR power controller provides unprecedented speed and precision in semiconductor and industrial processes. It delivers exacting temperature control in lamp-based heating and twice the control capacity in the same amount of space as previous technologies.
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The New Kolzer MK1800 System
The new Kolzer MK1800 system combines maximum flexibility with advanced PVD coatings, processing parts up to 1500 mm (60”) with unmatched reliability and efficiency.
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MKS Fiber Optic Temperature Sensing System
The MKS Fiber Optic Temperature Sensing System delivers precise, real-time measurements using dielectric probes that are immune to RF interference, making them ideal for plasma etch and deposition processes.
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From ±2% to ±1%: How ERPP Advances are Transforming Thin Film Deposition
KDF Technologies' Enhanced Rotating Planetary Pallet (ERPP) system significantly improves thin-film deposition by achieving exceptional uniformity and repeatability across metallic coatings. Through synchronized rotational and linear scanning motions, the ERPP enables precise control over film thickness and surface morphology, supporting advanced applications in microelectronics and optical devices.
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Advanced Materials for Additive Manufacturing: Precision Meets Performance
Plansee’s additive manufacturing solutions are built on high-performance materials like molybdenum, tungsten, MoC0.4, and Densimet®, engineered for demanding applications. These materials are optimized for 3D-printing and offer exceptional thermal stability, mechanical strength, and fine microstructures, making them perfect for demanding applications in aerospace, medical, and semiconductor industries.
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Kalrez® Spectrum™ 7075 Saves Costs in Clamping Systems
A leading manufacturer of heavy duty clamping systems for metals, plastics and rubber processing switched to DuPont™ Kalrez® Spectrum™ 7075 perfluoroelastomer parts to seal its hydraulic clamp range, with the goal of ensuring long-term resistance to highly aggressive Oemeta HF/DU hydraulic fluids at 482°F. Since refitting with Kalrez®, the company was able to significantly extend the service intervals of the pressure cylinders, resulting in cost savings and increased reliability of the clamping system.
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MatSight 3D Uniformity Gets a Graphical User Interface (GUI)
The PlasmaSolve software team has listened to the requests of customers and early adopters and developed a beta version of the Graphical User Interface for our flagship product - the MatSight 3D Uniformity App. The team will unveil the interface at V2025, a major thin film equipment trade show in Europe and publish it on the MatSight website shortly thereafter. The first deliveries of the graphical MatSight can be scheduled for January 2026.
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TS® VTI Vacuum Metalizing Coatings and Systems
Performed in a vacuum chamber, this technique produces a brilliant, bright, and reflective finish or, alternatively, a more muted, diffused appearance.
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Celebrating 30 Years of Dry Scroll Pump Innovations
Since 1995, Agilent has strived towards providing oil-free, quiet, and sustainable vacuum. The newest IDP-35 and IDP-45 dry scroll pumps are not only oil-free and quiet, but feature smart, user-friendly technology for increased control and precision, as well as remote real-time monitoring of your vacuum system.
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Precious Metal Upsilon Sputtering Targets for MRC/KDF Systems
DHF Technical Products designs and manufactures custom precious metal Upsilon targets for the world’s most admired companies. See what makes us the precious metal target experts.
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ANCORP Innovative Heat-Thru Technology for Heater-Optimized Ball Valves
Our patent-pending Heat-Thru technology improves heating efficiency for coating, etching, and abatement systems by eliminating the cold spot commonly found in balls of heated ball valves. Heat-Thru technology is now available as an option to all Multiport valve configurations and is a testimony to ANCORP’s commitment to empowering the future of science and technology by bringing the best heater-optimized ball valve to market.
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Dynavac Optical Coatings for Extreme Aerospace Environments
Dynavac’s advanced deposition systems provide high-purity, durable coatings engineered to withstand the harsh conditions of space and aerospace environments, ensuring mission-critical optical performance and reliability. With over four decades of experience, Dynavac collaborates with customers to deliver tailored coating solutions for next-generation commercial and defense applications.
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GP Plasma Updates Its R&D Pilot Production Inline Coater with HiPIMS Positive-Kick Power Supplies
HiPIMS positive-kick on GP Plasma’s inline coater provides advanced deposition technology for your R&D needs without the downtime. Leverage GP Plasma’s process and hardware expertise to de-risk your technical advancement – in this article we reveal what problems and advantages it provides for a variety of applications.
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