History
Dr. James A. Greer founded PVD Products in 1995 to develop and sell large-area Pulsed
Laser Deposition systems. In his previous job at Raytheon’s Research Division, Dr.
Greer developed prototype equipment with ability to scale the PLD process up to
200 mm in size.
Soon afterward, Dr. Greer won a Phase II SBIR from Wright Patterson Air Force Base
to develop a PLD system to handle up to 5-inch diameter substrates. This machine
was specifically designed to grow HTS materials and it has been used to grow high
quality YBCO and other materials on substrates up to 125 mm (5-inch) in diameter.
The outcome of this SBIR was the PLD 5000 system.
In 1996 PVD Products was merged into Epion Corporation. While at Epion, Dr. Greer
continued to develop and sell large-area PLD systems as well as other thin film
processing tools including Gas Cluster Ion Beam sources and evaporators. When Epion
Corporation was acquired in September 2000, Dr. Greer re-started PVD Products to
pursue R&D tools for all physical vapor deposition techniques.
Since then, PVD Products has been selling a wide variety of high quality PLD systems,
magnetron sputtering systems and sources, thermal and e-beam evaporators. PVD Products
has completed about 150 projects to date, 40% of which have been for international
clients. A variety of our PLD systems, dual-beam systems, and combinatorial systems
are now operating in labs worldwide.
Facility
PVD Products is conveniently located 30 minutes (20 miles) north of Boston and is
housed in a 7,500 square foot facility. We have an applications lab that includes
PLD and sputter deposition systems along with an AMRAY 3600 FE SEM.
Directions
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Via I-93 South from New Hampshire
Take exit 41 (Rt. 125). Turn left at the end of the ramp, crossing over I-93, and
proceed to first traffic light. Go straight at traffic light and continue on Rt.
125 to second traffic light. Turn left onto Andover Street. PVD Products is located
approximately ¼ mile on the right.
Via I-93 North from Boston
Take exit 41 (Rt. 125). Bear right at the end of the ramp and proceed to first traffic
light. Go straight at traffic light and continue on Rt. 125 to second traffic light.
Turn left onto Andover Street. PVD Products is located approximately ¼ mile on the
right.
From Logan Airport
Exit airport and follow signs for I-93 North via the Sumner Tunnel. Follow above
directions for I-93 North from Boston.
From Manchester Airport
Exit Airport Road and take a right on Brown Ave. Follow Brown Ave. for approximately
1 mile and proceed to I-293 South/Rt. 101 East. Take exit for I-93 South and follow
above directions for I-93 South from New Hampshire.