Something’s Brewing

07/01/2007

Rohm and Haas Electronic Materials, Marlborough, MA

1. Outside Rohm and Haas Electronic Materials headquarters, from left to right, are Chris Platt, group publisher, AP; Jeremy Cole, manager, technical and marketing communications; Bob Collopy, digital media manager, AP; Françoise von Trapp, managing editor, AP ; Diane Donnelly, national sales manager, AP; Ken Gaglione, global marketing director; Gail Flower, editor-in-chief, AP; Suzanne Redding, global marketing strategy manager; Janet Okada, senior engineer, imaging R&D for advanced packaging; and Michael Toben, global R&D director. Click here to enlarge image

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2. In the class 10,000 clean room, Okada diagrams the photolithography process used to image patterns for creating copper pillars and bumps. Click here to enlarge image

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3. The Foothill Instruments spectrophotometer measures the thickness of the resist post-cure, and the software creates a 3D topographical image of the coating. Click here to enlarge image

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4. Redding, Collopy, and Platt stroll down one of many halls lined with patents; a tribute to Rohm and Haas dedication to innovation. Click here to enlarge image

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5. This state-of-the art high-purity building houses the manufacturing facilities for photo resist, developers, remover, and electroplating copper. The environment is virtually particle-free due to an air exchange and filtration system, and judicious monitoring. Click here to enlarge image

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6. Collopy, von Trapp, Flower, Gaglione, and Redding listen as Norm Jessiman, manufacturing manager, explains how de-ionized (DI) water, conditioned in-house through an elaborate filtration system, is fed into the reaction tanks from the floor below. Click here to enlarge image

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7. Stainless steel tanks like these are an important part of the process to prevent cross-contamination from the tank materials into the product.Click here to enlarge image

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1. So close to Advanced Packaging’s offices, and such a nice day, we almost walked to Chomerics, located 2.6 miles away in Hudson, NH. From left to right: Platt; Craig Lazinsky, marketing communications manager; Percy Chinoy, Ph.D., new business development manager; Jonathan Bergin, product manager, thermal business unit; Gary L. Wood, global business unit manager, thermal products; Meredith Courtemanche, assistant editor, AP; and von Trapp.Click here to enlarge image

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2. This coating line for making the Therm-A-Gap and ThermFlow products is similar to the type used to coat breakfast cereals. Click here to enlarge image

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3. Joe Hanby loads the web press with a base liner - which could be a metalized ripstop nylon or an adhesive film, depending on the product being manufactured. Click here to enlarge image

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4. The end of the line. Therm-A-Gap rolls, film side up, to protect the sticky side from contamination. Click here to enlarge image

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5. Judy Andrews inspects final die-cut parts before packing them to ship. She performs the inspection in a mill room with filtered atmosphere. Click here to enlarge image

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6. In the QC test lab, products are simulated-tested for deflection/compression, thermal impedence, and phase-change melting point.Click here to enlarge image

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1. On May 11, 2007, as part of ZESTRON America building inauguration in Manassas, VA, founder Oskar Wack, Ph.D., and his son, Harald Wack, Ph.D., cut the ribbon at the official opening. Click here to enlarge image

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2. Harald Wack conducts a plant tour where the product is stored systematically before shipping. Click here to enlarge image

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3. Gail Flower thanks Umut Tosun, application technology manager at Zestron, for his articles on cleaning that appear in past issues. . Click here to enlarge image

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4. ZESTRON America’s new facility reportedly features the world’s largest application technology center, and is said to have the most innovative cleaning process available. Click here to enlarge image

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5.Flower, Harold Wack, and Platt celebrate the company’s continued success. Click here to enlarge image

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6. Smooth jazz entertained the guests invited to be part of Zestron’s official building openingClick here to enlarge image

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