Kurt J. Lesker Company News

Lesker Named among Leaders in the Transparent Electronic Materials Market

sales@lesker.com (KJLC sales) — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:02:50 Z

In a recently released report, Transparent Electronics Markets-2012, NanoMarkets listed the Kurt J. Lesker Company^® among the top firms to watch in the transparent electronics race. Other firms listed in this field included: 3M, Apple, Corning, Samsung and Saint-Gobain. See the full article at: http://www.marketwatch.com/story/nanomarkets-announces-release-of-white-paper-on-transparent-electronics-markets-in-support-of-upcoming-webinar-2012-01-24. A summary of the full report is available at: http://www.nanomarkets.net/Downloads/WPtransparentelec.pdf.

These new materials are used in emerging industries such as: displays, solar panels and the windows industry. Lesker�s Materials Division has been able to identify 17 novel transparent conducting oxides which it believes have the potential to eventually make a commercial impact.

NanoMarkets is an industry analysis firm which tracks emerging market opportunities in energy and electronics markets created by developments in advanced materials.

New European Sales and Marketing Hires

sales@lesker.com (KJLC sales) — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 16:01:40 Z

Paul Hawes joins the company as Product Specialist for the Manufacture Division.

Based in the UK, he will be joining Paul Rummery & Bevan Court to develop special fabrications and bespoke designs within Europe.

He has 4 years designing and project managing for a cable management & fittings company, supplying to Telecoms , Automotive and Consumer Industries.

His experience working in a global corporation previously will see him in good stead for his new position, and he is looking forward to turning his hand to a new industry.

Also joining KJLC is Louise Page as European Marketing and Exhibition Specialist.

Implementing and organising UK and European Trade Shows, overseeing all marketing opportunities within Europe to strengthen the Kurt J Lesker Company^® Brand.

She joins with many years event coordinating experience including product launches, conferences, incentives and exhibitions, predominantly for the motor Industry.

She is now looking for a new challenge within Vacuum Science!

We wish both new team members every success with Kurt J Lesker Company!

Town Hall Meeting 2012

sales@lesker.com (KJLC sales) — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 16:01:05 Z

The 2012 Town Hall Meeting of the Kurt J. Lesker Company^® was held at the U.S. headquarters in Pittsburgh, PA on January 10. Over 200 employees from the Pittsburgh office were able to attend four different forums during the afternoon: Learning Management System and Business Intelligence; Quality; Process Equipment Division; and Manufacturing and Ceramics Materials Manufacturing. Presenters in each area explained highlights of the past year and plans for the new year in their areas of expertise. Following the forums, Kurt J. Lesker III, presented a talk entitled, �Enabling Technology for a Better World.� This presentation helped KJLC^® employees understand a little better some of the emerging applications for vacuum science, such as LEDs, medical sensing, photovoltaics, nanotechnology, and thin film batteries and how our company is playing a critical part in enabling these new technologies. The successes of 2011 were highlighted and goals for the near future were revealed. A time of Q&A followed the president�s speech and employees were treated to a delicious catered dinner to close out the activities. All-in-all this fifth annual Town Hall Meeting was a huge success for everyone involved.

Computer Donation Drive

sales@lesker.com (KJLC sales) — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 16:12:25 Z

In just two days, four full pallets of used computer electronics were collected from both private and corporate donations for Dell Reconnect, a technology recycling program through Goodwill. This recycling program is dedicated to keeping electronics out of landfills and helping people in need learn skills to be valuable employees. The Kurt J Lesker Company is passionate and devoted to this cause and anticipates another drive to collect used electronics again next year.

KJLC Expands French and UK Sales Teams

sales@lesker.com (KJLC sales) — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 15:06:48 Z

The Kurt J. Lesker Company European Operations has recently expanded their team by two new members: François Clement joins KJLC as Territory Sales Manager for the French speaking territories, whilst Darren Mannell expands the UK Territory Sales force by managing and developing accounts within the Southern government and Northern industrial sectors of the UK.

François has worked as sales engineer since 2006 in the fields of thin films coatings and optics. For the last three years he was in charge of selling deposition material, sputtering sources, technical glasses and metrology systems. He joins the KJLC European Team with valuable technical and commercial knowledge and expertise within both the industrial and R&D markets. He will be responsible for managing the French speaking territories, such as France, Belgium, Luxembourg and parts of Switzerland. In his free time he enjoys cooking and nursing bonsai trees. He will be based in Paris, France.

Darren joins the Kurt J. Lesker Company from the optics industry where he developed business within Corneal topography as well as offering technical support and training to opticians fitting specialist contact lenses within the field of orthokeratology. Prior to this he spent a number of years working within the design industry developing new high tech products for diagnostic applications within the well-being, video conferencing and entertainment sectors.

He will work alongside Ben Bygrave, who continues to manage the Northern government and Southern industrial sectors in the UK.

Darren will operate from the European Headquarters in Hastings, where he lives with his family. As an avid golfer he spends most of his spare time working on his swing and trying to lower his handicap!

François-Alban CLEMENT
Manager Pays Francophones
Phone: +33 (0) 6 98 50 00 11
Email: francoisc@lesker.com
Skype: kjlc.francoisc

Darren Mennell
UK Sales Manager
Phone: + 44 (0) 7976 728615
Email: darrenm@lesker.com
Skype: kjlc.darrenm

Kurt J. Lesker Company Helps Bringing Low-Cost Solar Electricity a Step Closer

sales@lesker.com (KJLC sales) — Wed, 25 May 2011 08:05:27 Z

Kurt J. Lesker Company is helping to bring low-cost renewable-energy a step closer to reality by helping to bring to market a new material specially designed for use in plastic solar cells.

With the use of a Kurt J. Lesker SPECTROS^™ evaporation system at Sheffield University the UK-based company Ossila Limited has developed a new material, PCDTBT, which will help improve the efficiency, lifetime and manufacturability of plastic solar cells.

PCDTBT is a highly specialised type of plastic which is both semiconducting and an efficient absorber of light. It has significantly increased performance compared to P3HT and is stable under ambient conditions. PCDTBT also has higher manufacturability due to its ability to be dried quickly – an important consideration for fast moving production lines.

A Kurt J. Lesker SPECTROS^™ deposition system was used to deposit the final calcium/aluminium cathode on a standard research architecture consisting of a PEDOT: PSS hole transport layer. The research architecture was deposited by spin coating, and with the resulting structure Ossila has achieved 5% efficiency.

Further improvements in performance are expected in the near future by use of advanced metal-oxide device architectures.

The Kurt J. Lesker Company, founded in 1954, is a global manufacturer and distributor of vacuum components and systems for the high and ultra-high vacuum equipment market and the SPECTROS is part of a range of Thin Film Deposition Systems able to support both Research and Pilot Production level preparation of both the organics and metals layers in novel PV devices.

For further information, please contact:

Dr. Robin Holmes
Principal Technologist
robinh@lesker.com
(+44)1424.458.100