Plymouth, MA:  Vacuum Process Technology (VPT) of Plymouth, Massachusetts, and Isoflux, Inc., of Rochester, New York, today announced that they will collaborate to provide Sputter Deposition Systems for Solar Energy Applications.  This teaming arrangement will strengthen both organizations' capability by the combination of Isoflux's Sputtering Process Technology and VPT's Equipment Design expertise for R&D, Pilot Production and Full Scale Production System applications.  VPT and Isoflux have enjoyed an excellent relationship over the years and have worked together on numerous successful projects for a variety of Coating System Applications. 

About VPT:  Vacuum Process Technology (VPT), since 1991, has specialized in the Design and Manufacture of Advanced Thin-film Deposition Systems.  VPT has supported a wide range of markets and coating applications worldwide and has built a reputation as a world-class supplier of Optical Coating Systems and Custom Vacuum Deposition Equipment.  Read more at VPT’s website, www.vptec.com.

About Isoflux:  Isoflux Incorporated, founded in 1993, is the leading manufacturer of cylindrical magnetron sputtering cathodes, which quickly and uniformly coat complex shapes.  Isoflux personnel have extensive experience in both research and manufacturing and understand the fundamentals of coating technology as well as the issues involved in scaling up to production.  Isoflux has sold equipment to customers in diverse technologies and often collaborates with them on process development.  The list includes Fortune 500 companies, NASA, the U.S. Army, major universities and a number of smaller companies.  Isoflux recently received an award from the National Science Foundation to investigate a new class of high performance coatings in collaboration with a major university.  For more details, visit www.isofluxinc.com.