NMI: Meet and Greet event 24th November 2021 at the Holiday Inn, Newport.
The global semiconductor industry has drawn an increasing amount of attention in recent times as it is not only economically important, it is also a strategic sector that is vulnerable to supply issues. It should be of little surprise that national governments are reviewing their positions as a consequence – including the UK government – as we emerge, post-Brexit and post-pandemic.
And as we look to re-connect, its critically important for industry to re-establish working relationships, seek new partnerships, and catch up on developments that may have been missed while we’ve all been away. Perhaps you’re even looking for a new opening, or to find a few (perhaps young) new recruits too?
Specifically designed to help the UK’s semiconductor industry emerge together and strong,the NMI: Meet and Greet was an ideal opportunity to network and re-engage.
We tend to think of Meet and Greet as a supply chain event, yet it is much more than this as it brings together a rich and diverse set of stakeholder groups including Manufacturers, Designers, Suppliers, Universities and students too, as they consider their future career opportunities.
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Laith Altimime, President, SEMI Europe
Mr. Altimime has more than 30 years of international experience in the semiconductor industry. Before joining SEMI as a President of SEMI Europe in 2015, he was senior director of business development at imec. Prior to this, Mr. Altimime held leadership positions at Altis/Infineon/Qimonda, KLA-Tencor, Communicant Semiconductor AG, and NEC Semiconductors.
He has deep experience in driving multi-cultural globally dispersed teams to achieve ambitious corporate goals in competitive and technically demanding markets.
Altimime holds a Honors Degree in applied physics and semiconductors electronics from Heriot-Watt University in Scotland.
Talk Title: Semiconductors Enabling Connected, Secure & Sustainable Digital Future
Abstract: The semiconductor industry is growing so rapidly driven by the COVID effect accelerated digital transformation. Today, Semiconductors are empowering every aspect of the digital economy and driving new markets such as technologies for the smart home, connected mobility and more which has contributed to such explosive growth.
This in turn presents many opportunities for closer collaborations, connecting the key players, key Eco systems and building on the strengths of different players in the value chain.
Laith Altimime
SEMI Europe
Rachel Chambers, DER
Chief Operating Officer, Driving the Electric Revolution Industrialisation Centre – North East, Newcastle University.
Rachel has extensive experience of working at board level within a range of sectors/markets, including automotive, manufacturing and technology/distribution etc, working across all sizes of organisation from large corporates, to SMEs and has also both operated in and set up a business. Rachels experience spans across working with industry, regional and national government bodies, academia and RTO’s to develop innovative technologies, processes and products. Rachel has also set up the innovation centre for advanced manufacturing in the North East and is the COO for the DER Industrialisation Centre which supports industry to develop and scale-up new power electronics machines and drives technologies and manufacturing processes. Rachel also has a wealth of experience operating as a Global HR Director responsible for driving innovation, commercial value, and cultural change with a big focus on Equality Diversity and Inclusion. Rachel left her global role to focus on bringing up her 2 children which has enabled her to focus on driving impact in the UK, focusing on net zero and developing supply chains for the future of electrification.
Rachel Chambers
DER IC North East
Prof. Matt Boyle OBE
Matt is a member of the IET Industrial skills policy group, is the Independent Board member of the North East Automotive Alliance (NEAA) and Chairs the North East Skills chairs group a group dedicated to dissemination of best practice in Engineering Skills generation. Matt was one of the authors of the successful Stephenson Challenge bid to the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund. Matt is currently Chair of Driving Electric Revolution Industrialisation Centers. Matt was awarded an OBE for services to Engineering and Skills in the 2018 New Year honours list.
Prof. Matt Boyle OBE
DER IC
Paul Jarvie, DER
Centre Lead at Driving the Electric Revolution Industrialisation Centres – South West and Wales
Paul Jarvie received his BSc degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from the University of the West of Scotland in 1985. He gained 16 years’ experience with NEC semiconductors in product engineering for DRAM Memory Devices followed by three years with NXP Semiconductors’ TV Systems Innovation Centre in Southampton. He joined TechWorks in 2005 and led the Electronic Product Design/Test and Power Electronics Networks for over seven years.
Paul became Director of AESIN (Automotive Electronic Systems Innovation Network) in 2015, engaging the full automotive electronics supply chain while co-chairing SEMI GAAC (Global Automotive Advisory Council) with Volkswagen.
Paul is now Centre Lead of the Driving the Electric Revolution Industrialisation Centre (DER-IC) – South West and Wales, based at Compound Semiconductor Applications (CSA) Catapult focusing on Power Electronics, Machines and Drives (PEMD) technology scale up for electrification.
Paul Jarvie
DER IC SW/Wales
Rae Hyndman, Clas-SiC Wafer Fab Ltd
Rae Hyndman is the Managing Director of Clas-SiC Wafer Fab Ltd, based in Fife, Scotland. Rae has over 35 years’ experience in the Semiconductor industry working for Hughes Microelectronics and then Raytheon Systems.
Rae has held advanced technology leadership roles in Process Engineering, Manufacturing and Operations. A qualified Raytheon 6δ Expert, Rae has lead many process & quality improvement projects in technology-intensive, precision-manufacturing business environments that incorporate and thrive on “Global Competitive” operational excellence.
Rae Hyndman
Clas-SiC Wafer Fab
Paul Taylor BSc PhD CEng FIET, CRRC Semiconductor Company
Following a first degree in electronic engineering and physics, Paul completed his PhD in compound semiconductor research at Leeds. He then began his industrial career with GEC Marconi in their semiconductor division as an engineer in power device design and applications, and progressed to lead the design and sales of a range of high-power fast switching products. In the 1990s he worked in the GEC Plessey and then Mitel Semiconductor business at Lincoln UK as Operations Manager and Divisional Business Manager for power semiconductor and power assembly products.
In 2000 as Chief Technology Officer he was one of the founding officers of Dynex Semiconductor Ltd as the UK operations of Dynex Power Inc, then a venture capital business public listed in Toronto. A key activity was leading R&D collaborations to develop IGBT capability, attracting investment and government support. In 2004 he was appointed President and CEO of Dynex and led the Lincoln Semiconductor business through a growth period, more than doubling product turnover, and to a successful acquisition in 2008 by CRRC Times Electric Co Ltd.
After stepping down as CEO in 2017 he was appointed as Chief Advisor to CRRC Times Electric, and now works for their CRRC Semiconductor Company supporting new business and technology development in the UK. Paul is an active advocate for UK Power Electronics, a Chartered Engineer, Fellow of the IET, Honorary Professor at the University of Nottingham and a Midlands Engine Investment Champion.
Paul Taylor
CRRC Semiconductor
Daniel Picado, Semiconductors Director, Bourns
Daniel holds the position of Semiconductors Director and Plant Manager at Bourns Inc. He is a senior Leader with over 20 years of experience in semiconductor manufacturing at world class facilities. Daniel spend more than 15 years at Intel Corporation before joining Bourns 4 and a half years ago.
Presentation : Bourns – Circuit Protection Manufacturing in the UK
Bourns was established in 1947 by co-founders Marlan and Rosemary Bourns. We are a leading provider of components and solutions for Power Management, Circuit Protection and Motion Control Sensing with a Global span in over 21 countries. We have a diversified product portfolio with strong commitment to R&D and product innovation. Located in Bedford, UK since the year 2000 we locally design and manufacture Silicon based products in 4’’, 5’’ and 6’’ wafer sizes for the Automotive, Industrial, Medical, Military, Consumer and Communication markets.
Daniel Picado
Bourns
Gerry Thurgood, CEO, Tetreon Technologies Ltd
Details to follow
Gerry Thurgood
Tetreon Technologies Ltd
Jessica Harris, Head of Carbon, Envantage
Jessica is a Senior Consultant at Envantage Ltd, who delivers a range of energy and low carbon related solutions to a range of sectors alongside her expert team at Envantage. Some of you may know Jessica already as she works closes with the NMI CCA members delivering CCA sector management and support on behalf of the NMI. Jessica specialises in helping organisations with current and future mandatory compliance obligations, identifying and unlocking real energy, cost and carbon savings, and works closely with many organisation on their on the transition to a net zero. With the support of Jessica and the Envantage team working towards net zero can become less daunting, and will deliver real tangible benefits extending far beyond just a reduction in carbon emissions.
When it comes to meeting your environmental responsibilities, there isn’t a problem Envantage can’t tackle. Envantage have specialists in every field from carbon and energy to water, waste and the circular economy. Envantage are ready to help you find a better way of doing things and bring measurable efficiencies and savings to your organisation.
Jessica Harris
Envantage
Stephen Sutton, Business Development Manager, Cardiff University
Steve Sutton is the Business Development Manager at The Institute for Compound Semiconductors based at Cardiff University. Steve joined Cardiff University in 2017 after over 20 years in the semiconductor industry at Inmos Newport UK, ST Microelectronics R&D Ltd Bristol UK and ST Microelectronics Grenoble France. Steve has extensive semiconductor industry experience gained in commercial, R&D and production environments including business development, product line and regional business management, product development and production support. Steve holds a BEng Hons. Electrical and Electronic Engineering from Cardiff University.
Presentation: An introduction to the Institute for Compound Semiconductors
The Institute for Compound Semiconductors (ICS) enables researchers and compound semiconductor (CS) interested companies to work together to demonstrate the findings of research and scale it up ready for exploitation by industry to meet consumer demand.
ICS offers capabilities across a range of CS technologies including GaN, GaAs and InP, with expertise in device design, process development and prototyping. ICS also seeks to develop integrated CS and silicon manufacturing in the longer term, reducing the cost of CS devices by leveraging established low-cost silicon manufacturing methods.
ICS provides full-scale industrially relevant facilities. An existing 225m2 cleanroom offers a small area to full 6-inch CS fabrication capability, with semiconductor industry standard process control and room conditioning ensuring a fit for purpose facility for repeatability and reproducibility.
An industrially-focused state-of-the-art 8-inch CS fabrication line housed in a new purpose built 1500m2 cleanroom currently under construction, will offer a class 100 lithography area, class 1000 bays, dedicated e-beam lithography rooms for close environmental control and 17 chemical stations for safe, efficient wet processing.
We target direct industrial collaboration from product development to prototyping, including CS process development, device fabrication, characterisation, and pilot production. Partners enjoy full confidentiality agreements and intellectual property protection.
Stephen Sutton
Cardiff University
Matt Elwin, Centre for Nanohealth, Swansea University
Details to follow
Matt Elwin
Swansea University
Martin Murray, Director of Business Administration, Shin-Etsu
Details to follow
Martin Murray
Shin-Etsu
Mark Urbanowski, Innovation Lead, Innovate UK
Mark Urbanowski is an Innovation Lead in the ISCF Driving the Electric Revolution challenge team. He joined in early 2020 with several years of consultancy and OEM experience in the automotive industry. Most recently he worked on the Dyson electric vehicle project, leading the Performance and Driveability attribute team. Prior to this he spent several years at Ricardo as a driveline and transmission development and attributes engineer, consulting with automotive companies all over the world.
The central purpose of the Driving the Electric Revolution challenge is to aid the UK’s move towards electrification by investing in the core Power Electronics, Electric Machines and Drives (PEMD) technologies and skills which support it.
Mark’s focus is in the automotive, aerospace, off-highway and personal mobility sectors – he is interested in engaging with businesses working in the electrification of these sectors to discuss funding and collaboration opportunities.
Mark Urbanowski
Innovate UK
Nigel Matthews, Director, Strem Chemicals UK
Presentation : Starting your own business
A brief introduction of Strem Chemicals UK Ltd followed by a number of slides detailing the critical aspects of starting your own business. The presentation being based on a number of business owners opinions.
Nigel Matthews
Strem Chemicals UK
Sam Evans, Director of Quality & External Affairs, Nexperia Newport Ltd
Sam is a quality and business excellence professional with over 34 years of experience in the semiconductor sector. A graduate of Cardiff University with an Honours Degree in Chemistry, joining INMOS in 1984 after completing a research Masters in thermodynamics.
He is the TQ Engineering Director for Nexperia Newport responsible for yield, test, and quality functions. In addition, Sam acts as the main business officer working closely with the CS Connected technical community.
Sam has extensive experience of building and maintaining business management systems based on IATF, EFQM, and other best practise models as well as facilitating the development of strategic business plans using McKinsey and Hoshin techniques.
Sam Evans
Nexperia Newport Ltd
Stewart Edmondson, CEO, UKESF
Details to follow
Stewart Edmondson
UKESF
Dr Wyn Meredith, Commercial Director, Compound Semiconductors
Wyn was bid lead and author of ‘CSconnected‘ a £43M project to expand the South Wales Semiconductor Cluster, part funded by UKRI Strength in Places Fund in 2020, and Chairs the management group tasked with expanding the current Cluster of 12 partners, ~2100 staff and ~£500M/pa industrial output. In 2021 he was elected to the Learned Society of Wales and awarded an Honorary Distinguished Professorship by Cardiff University in recognition of working for more than 20 years with the School of Physics and Astronomy, providing expert advice on commercialisation of research and interaction with industry.
Presentation : Growth of the South Wales Compound Semiconductor Cluster
Intense government, academic and private sector collaboration has built on capability and assets in South Wales, driven by a collective vision first published in 2015. The resulting ecosystem is based on interdependency and common goals, and a co-ordinated advanced semiconductor manufacturing supply chain in 75-mile corridor from Monmouth to Swansea. It currently supports >2,100 high value-add jobs, with ~30% of the workforce engaged in R&D and Innovation intensive activity. The industrial output of ~£500M pa is >90% export (mostly non-EU), and is characterised by high productivity, higher than average wages, and GVA (gross value-add) per job well in excess (>2x) of the Welsh average at £86K per job, worth in excess of £172M pa to the region. The talk will highlight the evolution of the Cluster since 2015, and the future direction of travel.
Dr Wyn Meredith
Compound Semiconductors
Will Leonard, Director, INEX Microtechnology Ltd
Details to follow
Will Leonard
INEX Microtechnology Ltd
Robin Lyle, Technical Director, Dynex Semiconductor Ltd
Robin joined Dynex in April 2015 as a Principal Engineer in the EV assemblies division with a specialisation in IGBT gate driver technology. After moving into a role within Dynex Power Assemblies with responsibility for new business development and managing the engineering team he was appointed as Technical Director in April 2019. Experience gained with previous employers within the audio and power electronics industry has given him a diverse technology base for applying to the technology vision at Dynex.
Robin Lyle
Dynex Semiconductor Ltd
HORIBA
The HORIBA Group of worldwide companies provides an extensive array of high quality, highly accurate & reliable instruments and systems for process monitoring, data acquisition and analysis to enable the UK Electronics Industry to develop products for the future. From semiconductor materials manufacturing and metrology to a broad range of scientific R&D and QC measurements, HORIBA’s products provide quality and trustworthy performance have established widespread confidence in the HORIBA Brand.
HORIBA’s competencies in Fluid Control, Measurement and Analysis are enabling researchers, developers, original equipment manufacturers and end users to deliver novels solutions to global demands. Whilst our scientific products offer 200 years of experience in developing high-performance instruments and analytical solutions. We also provide a vast range of products and solutions to analyse, monitor and control the quality of water and air, thanks to its measurement technologies that comply with environmental regulations around the world and contributes to the development of environmental conservation.
INSETO
Inseto is a leading technical distributor of equipment and related materials to the microelectronic & advanced technology sectors, as well as adhesives for electronics, automotive & industrial manufacturing.
Inseto’s Adhesive Division provides technically advanced adhesives and equipment for bonding, sealing & encapsulation, including UV cured acrylates, light activated epoxies, dual heat and light or moisture cured materials, anaerobic curing adhesives, single part silicones, cyanoacrylates, structural polyurethanes and one or two part epoxies.
Inseto’s Equipment Division is a leading supplier of assembly, test & inspection equipment including semiconductor furnaces, lithography equipment, probing systems, wafer dicers and scribers, die attach and wire bonding machines, plasma etching and cleaning systems, vacuum solder reflow ovens, wire bond and materials testing equipment in the UK, Ireland and Nordic regions.
Inseto’s Consumable Division provides production materials and machine consumable tooling used in the manufacturing of microelectronic and related devices, including wafers, bonding wires-ribbons, stampings, solder preforms, hermetic packages, thin film substrates, thick film & thermal dissipation materials, welding electrodes, thermodes, bonding tools, capillaries and dicing blades etc.
PMT (GB) Ltd
Contamination Monitoring and Control
PMT (GB) Limited has been dedicated to contamination control instrumentation for 20 years.
We able to supply Particle Counters for Air, Water, Oil, Chemicals and surfaces meeting all standards such as IS014644, IS011171 and ISO 14664-9.
Sterilisation and decontamination equipment to ensure your clean room not only remains sterile but can also meet international standards.
Ionisation equipment to eliminate and control static and particle contamination, ensuring improved quality and yield.
In addition to this we are also IS017025 (UKAS) accredited for calibrations both at the customer site and in one of our laboratories for a complete range of particle counters regardless of manufacturer.
We are able to support the customer from initial request, solution design, equipment supply, and full support for maintenance and calibration both on-site and in-house.
Being able to supply contamination Control instrumentation for Air, Water and Surface gives PMT (GB) limited the advantage as a one stop shop for your Contamination Control requirements.
Working with clients in various industries including Pharmaceutical, Electronics, Semiconductor, Automotive, Aerospace, and Medical Device gives PMT (GB) Ltd a vast range of industry experience to assist where contamination control or monitoring is required.
SCANWEL
Scanwel provide expert solutions in Vacuum, Semiconductor, Surface and Nanoscience. Scanwel is a leading manufacturer and distributor of components and systems to end users and OEMs in Semicon, academia, government and laboratories and industry.
Scanwel supply vacuum components, feed throughs, valves fittings, gauges, pumps and materials to both the Semiconductor end users and OEMs.
Our products find application in the production and development of advanced materials and processes in a number of high technology fields, including nanotechnology, microelectronics, storage media, energy production and bio-medical and basic materials research of metals, oxides, polymers and coatings.
STREM Chemicals UK Ltd
Strem Chemicals UK Ltd distributes a wide range ALD / CVD precursors, nanomaterials including QD’s, aqueous conductive inks, high purity metals, catalysts and ligands. Our products come with licensed technologies, royalty free for R&D purposes.
We offer next day delivery on a growing range of stock in the UK. Non-UK stock held at other locations is typically delivered within five working days. We pride ourselves on customer service with essential customer updates to keep you informed of your delivery status.
Strem Chemicals UK Ltd is certified ISO 9001 and 14001 to ensuring quality, care of the environment and customer service.
yieldHUB
yieldHUB is a leading supplier of semiconductor manufacturing yield management solutions. yieldHUB is the system at the heart of yield management in many leading companies. From New Product Introduction to Mass Production yieldHUB takes care of data management and provides an integrated suite of analysis capabilities. Targeted solutions for inline fab data, through wafer sort and final test.
Logos Logistics
Our mission is to create space for change through our move management solution. If you have a project requiring hired in plant, storage and world wide freight, we can be the single point of contact for all aspects of your move to help you execute your project safely and successfully – this is our move management solution.
Thermco
Tetreon Technologies Ltd was founded in November 2003 by Gerry Thurgood, former President and Managing Director of Tokyo Electron Europe, and previously Managing Director of Thermco Systems UK Ltd. With the company’s mission statement being to offer an alternative flexible and cost effective support organisation for the semiconductor industry.
In 2004 Tetreon purchased the Thermco horizontal diffusion furnace business and commenced manufacturing of Thermco horizontal furnaces. The Thermco brand was established in 1962, and with over 30,000 furnaces sold, Thermco is recognised as the world’s leading supplier of horizontal diffusion furnaces. Since taking over the Thermco business Tetreon has supplied equipment into Thermco’s traditional semiconductor market, and developed specialised product versions which have been embraced by companies in the MEMS, LED, photovoltaic and nano industries. The philosophy of flexibility embodied in Tetreon’s mission statement is clearly visible in Thermco’s development of industry specific solutions.
The synergy generated by the merging of the Tetreon service business and the Thermco manufacturing operations has created a flexible and dynamic equipment business with an increasing presence in all of the high growth electronics market sectors.
RF Global Solutions
The company has achieved this by providing low cost, high quality RF repairs and refurbished RF equipment into the Semiconductor and Medical industry. We are now an internationally renowned brand, with customers utilising our services from across the globe.
SPS
Affordable solutions for semiconductor & related industries
Looking for second source or the original OEM parts?
Upgrade your existing SAT, SST or CMP tool? Safe handling of thin wafers?
Every day, you are being challenged, to create smaller and more powerful microchips in the cleanest and most cost-efficient way possible. With our expertise in wafer handling tools and wet process equipment, we offer you a wide range of semiconductor equipment products and customized solutions for all your major process steps.
Do you want to extend the life-time of your process semiconductor equipment? Upgrade your CMP tool? SPS Europe works closely with OEM’s, Wafer Fabs and R&D institutes worldwide. Supported by our own full-time service engineers and our experienced sales staff we offer you >25 years of excellent wafer process technology know-how.
SPS Mission
Our mission is to be your one-stop source for affordable semiconductor production systems and consumables, used in semiconductor fabrication, MEMS & Biotechnology.
SPS History
Founded in 1988, we supply a range of industry leading products used worldwide for Wafer Handling & Shipping, Wet Process/CMP, Photolithography, and Thin Films (including Diffusion, CVD, Etch). We develop and customize products in close cooperation with our customers.
SPS Code of Conduct
SPS-Europe has earned a reputation for conducting its business with integrity and respect. This reputation is an asset, just as real as our people and products. We conduct our operations with honesty, integrity and openness, and with respect for the human rights and interests of our employees. We shall similarly respect the legitimate interests of those with whom we have relationships. The general principles contained in our Code of Conduct set out our standards.
Environmental Policy Statement
Our first priority is to be a successful business and that means investing for growth and balancing short term and long term interests. It also means caring about our consumers, employees, our business partners and the world in which we live. SPS-Europe is committed to minimizing the impact of its activities on the environment.
Retronix
Since becoming established in 1992 Retronix Semiconductor have become recognized for recruiting and placing high performing Engineers and Technicians on Semiconductor Fabrications for some of the world’s leading OEM’s (Original Equipment Manufacturers) & IDM’s (Integrated Device Manufacturer) throughout the world.
We recruit for all positions within the Semiconductor Industry from Entry Level Wafer Technicians all the way to Level 3 FSE (Field Service Engineer).
During this time Retronix Semicon has also become known within the industry for providing Turnkey Equipment Relocation and Facility Management Services, whether it is a Full Fab De-Installation or Single-Tool Relocation.
Retronix Semiconductor is an experienced global engineering services and general contractor company serving the semiconductor and high-tech manufacturing industries. We offer flexible labor, equipment and facility support for some of the world’s leading OEMs and IDMs.
Sistem Technology
SiSTEM Technology is a full-service company founded in June 2004. We offer a wide range of leading edge process tools and ancillaries, automation and consumables to the microelectronics and other high technology industries throughout Europe and ROW.
Our Goals
Our Suppliers
From our offices in the Caswell Science & Technology Park, we support our customers across the UK and Ireland and in Mainland Europe. We offer installation, commissioning, warranty support, service contracts and upgrades from our factory-trained engineers who share our commitment to quality of supply.
Marketing and Affiliations
aesin
The great achievements of compound semiconductor material products over the past 20 years are very clear, providing some wonderful and significant advances in technology, which impact are daily lives. Paradoxically, while the end product offers great benefits the manufacturing process still remains costly and undesirable, both environmentally and sustainably.
While it is impossible to modify the compound semiconductor manufacturing process, due to the risk of product impacts and yield in a tightly controlled margin industry, there exists opportunity to reduce total production cost and improve yield through improvement to the ancillary support maintenance process.
The Aesin ReClean offers that opportunity.
Products AND Manufacturing Process Making a Better World
The Aesin ReClean is a new approach offering many advantages, including:
- Significantly lower component maintenance costs
- Much lower component inventory requirement
- Markedly improved component lifetime
- Increased production yield
- >50% reduction in power consumption
- Reduced equipment maintenance requirement
With ReClean, compound semiconductor production can be improved without any impact on the production process itself and help make compound semiconductor manufacturing a greener, cleaner, more sustainable industry.
Quartztec Europe
Quartztec Europe was formerly Multi-lab Quartztec until October 2015 and before that it was a Heraeus flag ship site manufacturing for many market sectors including Semiconductor, Solar and Fibre optic.
It still retains its highly skilled workforce, these skills being passed on within the Quartztec Europe internal apprenticeship scheme, ensuring the longevity of retaining an excellent skill base, second to none and recognised worldwide.
Quartztec Europe is without doubt the largest fabricator of quartz glass in the UK and one of the top five in Europe. Our facility is a modern purpose build manufacturing facility, which is 50,000 sq ft with 5,000 sq ft of offices.
Currently we have a work force of 35 employees, all with many years’ experience in their specific fields from Technical Sales, CAD design, Production control, Manufacturing, QA and despatch control.
The highly qualified management team lead by Ron Jackman CEO with Gordon Whyte, Operations Director and their team have many years’ experience in the Semiconductor, Solar, Defence, Aerospace, Automotive industries to mention a few.
Quartztec Europe is planning a large expansion for the coming year with new state of the art equipment and the implementation of new working practices to enable the business to grow.
DER
The Driving the Electric Revolution Industrialisation Centres (DER-IC) is a UK-wide project to accelerate delivery of Power Electronics, Machines and Drives (PEMD) solutions for global market.
Across the UK, the DER-IC partner network has world class capability in PEMD including design, manufacturing and testing facilities. The DER-IC’s encourage cross sector collaboration and drive industries to invest and collaborate with our network of excellence in academia and Research Technology Organisations, growing this capability, and promoting this both in the UK and overseas to transform the UK into a PEMD exporter.
Our aim is to grow PEMD supply chains and deliver long term industrial growth. We want to make the UK globally recognised as the centre of excellence in PEMD manufacturing processes.
Lynbond
LYNBOND 2000 was formed in 1988, as agents for a number of companies providing equipment for the electronics industry. We felt that with the benefit of our experience we could source and supply consumable products targeted at specific work functions. To highlight this, we subsequently reformed as LYNBOND 2000, the company now in operation today. Operating in the UK and Europe supplying to many industries such as the Semiconductor, Microelectronics, Biotechnology, Medical Device, Pharmaceutical, Optical, Automotive, Precision Engineering, Plastic Moulding and the food industries we are confident and only too willing to help you with your needs and requirements. Please don’t hesitate to contact us.
Lynbond 2000 is committed to providing a professional and personal service offering the most comprehensive range of Cleanroom consumables (cleaning and maintenance products – wipes, mats, rollers, mops; furniture, clothing and footwear, ESD products and gloves); disposable apparel and reusable products for controlled environments; safety products including cut resistant gloves and chemical protection garments.
Should you wish to contact us regarding our product range, our services, or any other aspect of our business, please don’t hesitate to contact us.
Scotech
Through our experienced team of engineers we aim to supply high quality service with efficient technical back up. All our technical staff have over 30 years industry experience in thin film processing.
Infinitesima
Founded by CTO, Andrew Humphris, the company has developed a revolutionary atomic force detection system called the Rapid Probe Microscope (RPM). The instrument’s proprietary technology is protected by a significant patent portfolio.
The RPM has been designed as a module suitable for integration into third party equipment for hybrid metrology and inspection applications or for integrated process control. This solution has been implemented by two leading Semiconductor Equipment Companies and is installed at most leading IC manufacturers.
The company has a fast-growing team of researchers and engineers that are focused on enhancing the capabilities of the RPM and supporting our customers in the application of our technology.
Located south of Oxford at Abingdon Business Park, in the delightful market town of Abingdon on the river Thames. The 720m2 offices and facility support the development, manufacture, test, and demonstration of our products and technology.
Zeiss
Without our technologies the modern world would come to a standstill – the semiconductor equipment that we develop and manufacture forms the basis for the flawless exposure of microchips, which are used in nearly every technical device today. A large part of the microchips throughout the world are made with the technologies from ZEISS.
PTW
PTW is aiming to be a supplier of choice for problem solving solutions for the Semiconductor Industry.
Especially technically challenging problems are our Core business which we have grown over the last 10 years.
By now our reach is from solving problems on parts level – through system reconfigurations and upgrades all the way to supply of customized Tools with or without Reconfiguration or Refurbishment.
UKESF
In the UK, the Electronics sector is big, valuable and growing; however, the demand for capable, employable graduates is currently outstripping supply. We are an educational charity, launched in 2010, with both public and private seed-corn funding. We operate collaboratively with major companies, leading universities and other organisations to tackle the skills shortage in the Electronics sector.
The UKESF ensures that more schoolchildren are aware of Electronics and the opportunities available, helping them to develop their interest through to university study. At university, we support undergraduates and prepare them for the workplace.
Find out more about the Electronics industry in the UK with the UKESF Infographic.
In 2017 the UKESF held a Celebration Event to mark five years since the graduation of the first cohort of scholars. A booklet was also launched at the event, looking back on the Scholarship Scheme to see how it has evolved and celebrate the achievements of the scholars thus far – download it here.
CS Clean Systems (UK) Ltd
At CS CLEAN SYSTEMS (UK) LTD., we are the UK & ROI Agents for CS CLEAN SOLUTIONS®, with over 25 years of experience in the semiconductor industry as your reliable partner for exhaust gas treatment with a primary focus on dry bed absorption. In addition to the silicon and compound semiconductor industries, we also serve the rapidly-growing photovoltaic and MEMS industries.
CLEANSORB® dry bed removal of process waste gases, CLEANVENT mini absorbers for gas cabinet vent lines, and CLEAN-PROTECT absorber for emergency gas release.
UK Service Centre for disposal of spent absorber columns guarantee full customer satisfaction.
At CS CLEAN SYSTEMS (UK) LTD., we are also the UK Agents for New Cosmos – BIE Gas Detection Equipment, offering expertise in the most demanding application with toxic, flammable, pyrophoric gases in the Semiconductor & Photovoltaic, as well as Automotive, Oil & Gas and New Energy Industries.
U4 Global Solutions
We work as an extension to your own business, providing timely solutions that meet your budget needs.
From specification, procurement to supply of technology products. Offering new, used and refurbished tools and support we are an approved vendor to many of the major global semiconductor manufacturers.
We offer a unique blend of technology and commercial expertise that can be applied to most businesses and industries.
Operating from the University of Southampton Science Park we are one hour from central London and Heathrow airport, an ideal location
for a global business.
EMS Particle Solutions
Established in Ireland in 1988 and the UK in 2011, EMS are a leader in the cleanroom business providing our clients with a complete cleanroom performance testing service.
EMS offer clients complete cleanroom monitoring solutions ensuring quality by design from inception to implementation, including:
- Full range of solutions in Cleanroom / Particle Monitoring
- Calibration Laboratory to include repairs to manufacturers specification
- Validation
- End to end service in the provision of designing systems, project managing systems, full maintenance and complete validation package
Our calibration laboratories are regularly audited by Particle Measuring Systems Inc, the established global leader in microcontamination monitoring.
Get in touch to learn more about EMS Particle Solutions and how we can help your business for all your cleanroom needs.
EMS Particle Solutions
Established in Ireland in 1988 and the UK in 2011, EMS are a leader in the cleanroom business providing our clients with a complete cleanroom performance testing service.
EMS offer clients complete cleanroom monitoring solutions ensuring quality by design from inception to implementation, including:
- Full range of solutions in Cleanroom / Particle Monitoring
- Calibration Laboratory to include repairs to manufacturers specification
- Validation
- End to end service in the provision of designing systems, project managing systems, full maintenance and complete validation package
Our calibration laboratories are regularly audited by Particle Measuring Systems Inc, the established global leader in microcontamination monitoring.
Get in touch to learn more about EMS Particle Solutions and how we can help your business for all your cleanroom needs.
Venue
Holiday Inn Newport
A peaceful Newport hotel with dining, a bar and fitness facilities, near Celtic Manor Resort’s golf courses.
Holiday Inn® Newport hotel is set in woodland a 1-minute drive from the M4 motorway.
Cardiff Airport (CWL) and Bristol Airport (BRS) can both be reached in less than an hour by car. It’s a short drive to Newport city centre and Newport train station. Business guests can host meetings for up to 460 people in 12 naturally lit rooms, and our friendly staff are happy to discuss catering requirements.
At this hotel you can enjoy:
– Free WiFi
– Parking for a fee
– Full English breakfast
You can savour hearty meals at Harpers Restaurant, or relax by the fire with a glass of wine from the bar. The lounge, open round-the-clock, is a great spot to socialise or catch up with work. Our comfortable rooms offer pillow menus and 24-hour room service.