The ALS Users' Meeting Program Committee welcomes the following companies and their representatives to this year's meeting and gratefully acknowledges their support to the ALS user community.
Don't forget!
Special Reception for Exhibitors
Friday, October 5, 4:30
-7:00 p.m.
Meeting logistics information for vendors at bottom of page
A&N Corporation
Exhibitor: Dana King, Charles Valenti
A&N Corporation, manufacturer of high vacuum components since 1965, offers researchers and laboratories an extensive line of standard high and ultra high vacuum components, as well as custom valves and process chambers. A&N products are designed to meet or exceed the standards required by industrial and academic users, such as those involved with thin film disposition, surface analysis, laser devices, cryogenics, and the aerospace industry. Visit us at www.ancorp.com for more information on all of our high vacuum components. Contact: Dana King, 352-528-4100, sales@ancorp.com
Attocube Systems AG
Exhibtors: Angelika Kueng, Dirk Haft
Attocube Systems AG offers a wide range of high-precision nanopositioning systems, easy-to-use scanning probe microscopes, and probe stations. Temperatures down to 10 mK, high magnetic fields up to 28 T, and ultra-high vacuum conditions—our nanopositioners solve your experimental task at the cutting edge. Our instruments enable you to analyze samples in various ways with atomic precision, even at milli-Kelvin temperatures. Enhance your productivity and time efficiency by implementing our innovative products in experimental setups ranging from scientific research to industrial applications.
Contact: Maike Weller, 49-89-28778090, maike.weller@attocube.com
Austin Scientific Co.
Exhibitors: Todd Komanetsky, Terry Watkinson, Dan Jennings
Austin Scientific, an Oxford Instruments company, with over 40 years of experience, is the world's leader in research and analytical instrumentation. Visit our booth to see the latest in cryogenic high vacuum pumps. Oxford Instruments Pro-Serve has a global distribution and support organization with an emphasis on exceptional customer support.
Contact: Todd Komanetsky, 512-441-6893, todd.komanetsky@oxinst.com; Terry Watkinson, 408-316-8282, terry.watkinson@austin.oxinst.com
Blake Industries, Inc.
Exhibitors: David Rognlie, Fern Letnes
Blake Industries is the Huber distributor and supplier of diffractometers, rotary tables, slit assemblies, and Kappa goniometers.
Contact: David Rognlie, 908 233-7240, blake4xray@worldnet.att.net
Brooks Automation
Exhibitor: Bob Willis
CTI cryopumps, Granville-Phillips gauges and controllers, Polycold chillers, CryoTiger detector coolers.
Contact: John Freeman, 510-299-5131, john@mbartech.com
Brush Wellman, Inc., Electrofusion Products
Exhibitors: Edgar Patenaude, Jose Villanueva, Maggie Voords, Rudy Cariaga, John Hansen
Electrofusion Products, a division of Brush Wellman, Inc., is a world leader in the fabrication of specialized assemblies made from advanced materials for the scientific, medical, and commercial industries since 1966.
Contact: Maria Bautista, 510-623-5100, maria_bautista@brushwellman.com
Cryotech International, Inc.
Exhibitors: Monica Karimoto, Juancho Tabangay, and Danny Sullivan
Cryogenic piping and accessories.
Contact: Suzy Andrade, 408-371-3303, sandrade@cyrotechinternational.com
Fairchild Imaging, Inc.
Exhibitors: Colin Earle, Brad Ostman
Fairchild Imaging, a manufacturer of scientific CCD and CMOS image sensors and cameras, provides high-performance detectors for visible, UV, and x-ray imaging. Specialties include wafer-scale back-illuminated CCDs for the UV and soft x-ray and large fiber optic taper cameras up to 200-mm in aperture. Visit www.fairchildimaging.com for more information on these cooled, multiport cameras.
Contact: Colin Earle, 408-433-2500, sales@fcimg.com
Gamma Vacuum
Exhibitors: Tony Wynohrad, Darrel Kinkaid, Dan Gracia
Gamma Vacuum is a global technology firm that designs, manufactures, and services ultra-high vacuum components for a variety of instrumentation and high energy physics applications.
Contact: Tony Wynohrad, 952-445-4841, ext. 101, tony.wynohrad@gammavacuum.com
Hilger Crystals
Exhibitors: Jim Telfer, Peter Silva
Hilger Crystals manufacture a range of synthetic crystals for x-ray detection and infrared optics. Typical scintillators such as CsI(Tl) , NaI(Tl), etc. are available in a variety of sizes and configurations. They can be supplied in a pixellated form for imaging applications.
Contact: Jim Telfer, 44-1843-231166, jim.telfer@hilger-crystals.co.uk
HIS Vacuum Components
Exhibitor: John Freeman
Maglev turbomolecular pumps from 200 L/s to 4200 L/s.
Contact: John Freeman, 510-573-5131, john@mbartech.com
Huntington Labs
Exhibitors: Dan Jennings, Jack Crummey
Huntington offers the industry’s largest selection of vacuum valves, feedthroughs, positioning devices, manipulators, flanges, fittings, and roughing components. The new modular-designed positioning devices offer flexibility in choosing among manual, pneumatic, and motorized applications. Custom-designed chambers, manifolds, crosses, and tees are supported by 35 years of experience in the vacuum industry. Customers take full advantage of in-house electropolishing, a clean room for assembly and testing, and a CMM (Coordinate Measuring Machine) to document and support measurements and specifications. Look for Huntington’s new Web site at www.huntvac.com. You can presently find many new products like throttling valves, high load low profile lifters, viewport shutters, rack and pinion feedthroughs, high load thimbles, modular large butterfly valves, and a wide array of electrical feedthroughs. Please ask for our 64-page electrical feedthrough brochure or the 2000 L-Series positioning device brochure.
Contact: Jack Crummey, 650-964-3323, jcrummey@huntvac.com
InSync, Inc.
Exhibitors: Tom Tonnessen, Jim Metz
Sponsoring First Prize for Best Student Poster ($300)
InSync, Inc., is a custom, high-tech, optical manufacturing company. Specialty is the unusual, super-polished optic up to 1500 mm in size. Capabilities include slicing, grinding, feature machining, lapping, etching, polishing, coating, metrology. Polished shapes include elliptical, toroidal, cylindrical, spherical, flat. Substrate designs include internally cooled, uncooled, rectangular, round, detailed, bendable.
Contact: Tom Tonnessen, 505-345-2660, tom@insyncoptics.com
International Radiation Detectors, Inc.
Exhibitor: Jacob Sprunck
Manufacturer of stable UV, VUV, EUV, and soft x-ray photon and electron detectors and associated electronics.
Contact: Jacob Sprunck, 310-534-3661, jsprunck@yahoo.com
Kurt J. Lesker Company
Exhibitors: Frank Hernandez
Manufacturer/distributor of standard and custom high vacuum and UHV chambers, standard vacuum hardware and accessories, and high vacuum and UHV valves. We also offer a variety of multi-axis manipulation stages and translators, including linear/rotary motion devices, sample transfer probes, and sample heating and rotation stages.
Contact: Bill Zinn, 412-387-9007, billz@lesker.com
Linear Industries Ltd.
Exhibitors: Rob Doolittle, Gary Wester
Motion control mechanical and electrical products.
Contact: Rob Doolittle, 925-726-8171, rdoolittle@linearindustries.com
Mbar
Exhibitors: John Freeman, Cynthia Positano
Sputtering and evaporation systems and high-purity materials, plasma sources for cleaning vacuum lines and chambers, vacuum pumps, vacuum fittings and chambers, water recirculators/chillers.
Contact: John Freeman, 510-573-5131, john@mbartech.com
MDC Vacuum Products, LLC
Exhibitor: Rose Kaslin
MDC stocks thousands of off-the-shelf components and provides the widest product range of high and ultrahigh vacuum components in the industry. We produce flanges, fittings, valves, roughing hardware, vacuum gauge tubes, glass sapphire and quartz viewports, electrical and fluid feedthroughs, motion and manipulation instruments, thin-film electron-beam evaporation systems, and surface science chambers. Insulator Seal has established a global reputation for providing high reliability products and prompt delivery of UHV-grade electrical feedthroughs and optical viewports for ceramic-metal seal applications including semiconductor equipment, analytical instrumentation, UHV devices, and commercial and institutional research facilities. Product lines include multi-pin, low/high current power, coaxial, liquid, thermocouple and rf feedthroughs; optical viewports; and vacuum breaks and envelopes.
Contact: Dee Newberry, 510-265-3500, dnewberry@insulatorseal.com
MICOS USA
Exhibitor: William Culpi
MICOS serves the high-precision motion and optical component market. We offer a wide range of precision mechanical components and complete system solutions that are used in the field of ultra-precision-positioning. MICOS also specializes in vacuum, clean room and extreme temperature requirements. Our primary markets include industry and research with an emphasis on laser and micro-wave technology, communications, semiconductor technology, and micromanipulation.
Contact: Manfred Schneider, 949-480-0538, ext. 701, mschneider@micosusa.com
Newark
Exhibitors: Yolanda Gann, Laurie Desecare
Electronics, tools, tests, and measurement; New Newark 2008 Catalog.
Contact: Yolanda Gann, 925-997-9920, ygann@newark.com
Nor-Cal Products, Inc.
Exhibitors: Mike Huggins, Steve Greuel
Sponsoring Third Prize for Best Student Poster ($100)
Since 1962 Nor-Cal Products, Inc., has manufactured high and ultra-high vacuum components for semiconductor, thin film, surface analysis, and research applications. Nor-Cal has earned a reputation worldwide for quality components, competitive prices, excellent customer service, and is ISO 9000-2001 registered. Our custom vacuum chambers are unequalled in performance and appearance. Our engineers can oversee chamber fabrication from sketches or specifications. An entire system can be supplied complete with sample transfer and manipulation devices, stand, pumps, gauges, and deposition monitors. Our isolation valves are the standard for many semiconductor equipment manufacturers. Product lines include the JV Series Valves, the GenesisTM modular valve system, the IntellisysTM adaptive pressure control system, multistage traps, ball valves, and oil mist eliminators. Nor-Cal's experience allows us to provide comprehensive solutions to extend downstream preventative maintenance intervals with heater jackets and process specific foreline traps.
Contact: Jacquie Daniel, 530-842-4457, ncsales@n-c.com
Oxford Instruments, Nanoscience Division
Exhibitor: Martin Davies
Sponsoring Second Prize for Best Student Poster ($200)
Oxford Instruments Nanoscience creates high-performance environments for low-temperature and high-magnetic field applications in physical science research and process development down to the atomic scale. We deliver solutions that meet the exacting needs of scientists working at the forefront of fundamental physics, applied physics, materials science, and next-generation device development. With an extensive customer network and a strong reputation for performance and quality, we value the support we have provided to world leading research scientists in their pursuit of excellence. Please visit the Oxford exhibit to find out more about our exciting new range of cryogen-free technologies including Triton-DR, a revolution in dilution refrigerator technology.
Contact: Martin Davies, 925-245-9755, martin.davies@oxinst.com
Pfeiffer Vacuum
Exhibitor: Bob DiCicco
Pfeiffer Vacuum manufactures a complete line of tubopumps, rotary vane pumps, Roots pumps, and dry pumps, as well as helium leak detectors, mass spectrometers, gas analyzers, gauges, and components.
Contact: Julie Giambartolomei 603-578-6524 jgiambartolomei@pfeiffer-vacuum.com
Phytron, Inc.
Exhibitor: Wahid Lahmadi
Established in 1947, Phytron is a leading international manufacturer of stepper motors and positioning systems for use in extreme environments such as vacuum, radiation, cryogenic, and space. Our products are widely used in synchrotron labs. We also make special stepper drivers to adapt to the standard controllers and cabling of most synchrotron labs
Contact: Wahid Lahmadi, 802-872-1600, info@phytron.com
Princeton Gamma-Tech Instruments, Inc.
Exhibitor: Christopher Cox
PGT Instruments manufactures x-ray and gamma-ray spectrometers and associated electronics and software. Products include Si(Li), HPGe, and SDD single-element and multi-element detector systems.
Contact: Linda Kiefer, 609-924-7310, lkiefer@pgt.com
Princeton Instruments
Exhibitors: Randy Rieger, Manjul Shah
Princeton Instruments designs and manufactures high-performance camera, spectrograph, and optics solutions for the scientific research, industrial imaging, and OEM markets. Continuous innovation in R&D and manufacturing process, coupled with a customer-driven paradigm ensures our customers are always at the forefront of technology and reliability while pushing their boundaries of discovery.
Contact: Jennifer Singleton, 609-587-9797, jsingleton@piacton.com
Shimadzu Precision Instruments
Exhibitor: Kent Varble
Maglev turbomolecular pumps from 200 L/s to 4200 L/s.
Contact: John Freeman, 510-573-5131, john@mbartech.com
Snap on Tools
Exhibitors: Gary Kramer, Bob Furton, Ernie Holm
Tools, equipment, and safety and ergonomic items.
Contact: Gary Kramer, 707-321-4044, gary.a.kramer@snapon.com
SPECS
Exhibitors: Andreas Thissen, Rickmer Kose
SPECS manufactures cutting-edge systems and components for surface analysis in UHV, based on methods like XPS, UPS, AES, ISS, STM, LEEM/PEEM, LEED, SIMS, SNMS, and HREELS. We offer a variety of sources for deposition, excitation, and charge neutralization, as well as analyzers, monochromators, and research microscopes like LEEM and STM. A strong focus of our work is on customized systems combining thin-film preparation (MBE) with spectroscopic and microscopic options.
Contact: Doron Lahav, 49-30-4678249336, lahav@specs.de
Synergy Vacuum, Inc.
Exhibitors: Gary Schritter, Steve Lahm
Synergy Vacuum is your home for authorized sales and service of the original ANEST IWATA oil-free scroll pumps (both ISP and DVSL series), providing RGA and Turbo Carts as well as high-capacity, oil-free scroll and hydrocarbon-free blower pumping systems and Welch Piston and Diaphragm pumps. Synergy offers customized single point-of-contact maintenance support and exchange programs allowing you to save money by minimizing down time and typical logistic delays. We are excited to introduce two new products: (1) The SVR-50 RGA Cart—a new standard in residual gas analysis featuring the finest components for high sensitivity and ease of use: touch screen controls, high mass scale stability, oil-free scroll vacuum technology, and an on-board laptop computer. (2) The ISP-1000 Oil-Free Scroll Pump—the world’s largest oil-free scroll pump, offering 42.4 cfm. Contact Synergy Vacuum for OEM parts and service for ISP, ESDP, GVSP and DS model scroll pumps manufactured by Anest Iwata.
Contact: Gary Schritter, 970-240-9228, garys@synergyvacuum.com
Varian Vacuum Technologies
Exhibitors: Steven E. Carter, Marlon Murphy
UHV, high, and dry rough vacuum pumps; dry pumping systems; mass spectrometer helium leak detectors.
Contact: Steven E. Carter, 916-941-9762, stephen.carter@varianinc.com
VAT, Inc.
Exhibitor: Tom Swain
VAT, the worldwide leader in vacuum sealing technology, develops and manufactures an extensive line of vacuum valves for vacuum applications ranging from rough to extreme UHV. Products include: gate, angle, fast-closing, throttle, pressure control, retro fit and customized valves.
Contact: Joyce Mackiewicz, 781-537-5410, joycem@vatvalve.com
VG Scienta, Inc.
Exhibitors: Nick Samiotes, Richard Stratford, Robert Moberg
VG Scienta, Inc., has more than forty years experience in the design, manufacture, and supply of components and equipment for HV and UHV vacuum applications and is now part of the Gammadata group of companies. VG Scienta is the leading supplier of state-of-the-art electron spectroscopy equipment offering ultra high resolution electron spectrometers, x-ray emission spectrometers and high intensity UV and x-ray sources.
Contact: Nick Samiotes, 925-249-0204, nick.samiotes@vgscienta.com
WIENER, Plein & Baus, Ltd.
Exhibitors: Tim Hoagland, Peter Marshall
High-performance electronic instrumentation and data acquisition for physics research. ISEG: high voltage, modules, NIM, CAMAC, VME, systems (www.iseg-hv.de). HYTEC: IP and VME modules for slow control, EPICS (www.hytec-electronics.co.uk). MESYTEC: read-out electronics for Si- and n-detectors (www.mesytec.com). WIENER: low-voltage power supplies, crate controllers, powered crates for VME, VXI, NIM, CAMAC (www.wiener-d.com).
Contact: Tim Hoagland, 937-324-2420, thoagland@wiener-us.com
ZTEC Instruments
Exhibitors: Boyd Shaw, Manny Teran
ZTEC Instruments, EPICS Oscilloscope.
Contact: Boyd Shaw, 505-924-0613, bshaw@ztec-inc.com
Meeting Logistics and Exhibit Location
Logistics for Exhibit Set-Up
Delivery Exhibits may be unloaded outside of the tent from 8:00 to 11:00 A.M. on Thursday, October 4; see the map (in PDF) for more detailed information about the delivery area. If you need assistance, or are unable to unload your exhibits during the time noted above, please contact Gary Giangrasso at 510-486-4494.
Parking
Parking is extremely limited at Berkeley Lab. We suggest carpooling for exhibitors from the same organization. After unloading, limited parking will be available near the ALS (see map). Additional parking will be reserved in the cafeteria parking lot, a five-minute walk from Bldg. 6.
Each exhibitor will be provided with a six-foot, draped banquet table that will be set up in the tent beside the ALS. Table assignments are made in the order that registrations are received. If access to electrical power is needed, the conference coordinator will make table assignments accordingly. There will be approximately four feet behind each table for display or storage.
A 60' by 40' tent will be erected for vendor exhibits in the parking lot adjacent to the ALS (Building 6) for the duration of the ALS Users' Meeting. Lunches will be seved both days inside the exhibit area. A special reception for exhibitors will be held in the tent on Friday, October 5, following the conclusion of the first workshop sessions. In addition, a BBQ buffet and awards dinner will take place in and around the exhibitor area Thursday evening after the poster session.
Map of loading and exhibit areas.