Vacuum Engineering & Materials Launches New Website


Los Gatos, Calif. - August 1, 2008 - Vacuum Engineering & Materials (VEM), a full service high purity materials supplier for the thin film industry, announces the launch of its new website at vem-co.com.

The new site provides an overview of the products and services VEM offers, and includes a downloadable Thin Film Evaporation Guide, showing melting points, densities and other properties of the elements and compounds used in most thin film applications.

"Our new website has been designed to be easy for customers to find the key information they are looking for about our services, and as a quick reference to our capabilities," said VEM Vice President Bob Kavanaugh. The company plans to expand on the new site to detail their growing capability as a leading source of PVD materials and support.

ISO 9001:2000 Certification Underway

VEM expects to receive its ISO 9001:2000 certification in the fourth quarter of 2008. The Audit of the Quality Management System will be conducted by registrar TUV Rheinland of North America. The Certificate issued will be in recognition of continued adherence to the highest, most recent and up-to-date comprehensive international Management Systems Standards.

Products and Services

VEM products include sputtering targets and evaporation materials up to 99.9999% purity. Specialties include single element metals, oxides, fluorides, precious metals, and custom compounds. Other products and services include backing plates, PM reclaim, e-beam crucible liners, and in-house target bonding. Many items are available from stock.

Supported Technologies

VEM provides manufacturing, stocking and distribution of thin film materials for the following industries: semiconductor, compound semiconductor, wireless RF and microwave, MEMs, data storage, photovoltaics, telecom, precision optics, ophthalmics, decorative, and emerging display technologies.

About Vacuum Engineering & Materials

Founded in 1987, Vacuum Engineering & Materials is a manufacturer and stocking distributor of high purity thin film deposition materials. National and international growth followed the installation of the first target bonding and hot press facility in Silicon Valley.

Today, Vacuum Engineering & Materials provides JIT manufacturing and next day stocking distribution services to a growing world-wide client base. Our materials, targets and backing plates are engineered to fit all major PVD systems and customer specifications, with complete analytical traceability. Headquarters are in Los Gatos, California.

VEM works closely with clients, applying years of know-how solving new challenges. Engineers and developers are invited to contact VEM regarding their thin film application requirements. Phone 1-877-986-8900. Fax 408-871-2900. E-mail: info@vem-co.com.

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