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   We are pleased to welcome six new member companies this quarter. We hope your company is a member. To learn about the benefits of membership, please visit our web site www.psma.com.
  
 
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Arlon LLC

Edwin Jiang
1100 Governor Lea Road
Bear, DE 19701
E-mail: ejiang@arlon-std.com

Arlon logo

Arlon, a division of Handy & Harman Ltd., has been a leader in silicone rubber and silicone adhesive technologies since 1954. Silicone rubber is a unique elastomer that delivers high performance electrical insulation in low temperature and high temperature environments. They focus on precision-calendered silicone rubber coated fabric sheets and specialty extruded silicone rubber tapes. Arlon offers the highest performance reinforced silicone solutions in a broad range of products from thermal insulation pads and molded heat shields for aircraft, aerospace, and automotive applications to substrates for flame retardant flexible heaters, ducting, and motor coil insulation.

By specializing exclusively in silicone, they have developed unmatched technical competence. Their development team can custom design materials and processes from the ground up for the most demanding and complex requirements.

Arlon pursues the most rigorous quality standards and controls. The Quality Management System used by Arlon is certified to ISO9001:2008 quality assurance standards. They have incorporated statistical process control methods throughout our manufacturing operations to assure calendering accuracy and precision. Laser measurement capability ensures precise control of calendered thickness across the roll width for the entire production run.

Arlon’s on-site laboratories are equipped to perform full silicone rubber product evaluations (including tensile elongation, lap shear strength, dielectric strength, thermal conductivity, and chemical resistance). Their continual focus on quality has resulted in a world-class customer product acceptance rate.

Arlon engineers advance new products from concept through manufacturing and continually improve upon existing processes and equipment. They frequently work hand-in-hand with their customers At Arlon, focus on customer requirements is paramount -- from their customer support specialists to their sales and applications engineers.

 


Electro Technik Industries, Inc.

Darryl Mayo
PO Box 18802
Clearwater, FL 33762
E-mail: darryl.mayo@electrotechnik.com
Web site: www.electrotechnikcom

Electro logo and product

Incorporated in 1981, Electro Technik Industries, Inc. is now more than 30 years old.  The company is headquartered in Clearwater, Florida, on the west coast of the state in the Tampa Bay area.  From its inception, ETI has specialized in the design and manufacture of passive electronic components.  Internally, they organize their resources into four business units including capacitive products, microwave & RF products, resistive products, and magnetic products.

There are eight subsidiary companies including: Arizona Capacitors, Hytronics, Inductive Technologies, Raycom Electronics, Res-Net Microwave, Tepro, Wavetronix, and Winatic.

Each of these companies was a stand-alone manufacturer at one time and many still operate that way.  In either case, each is still operated as an individual subsidiary.  The companies complement each other in many areas of expertise, application, design assistance, capital equipment, and manufacturing capabilities.  The result -- ETI can select and channel the customer needs to the most appropriate set of resources.

 


Gartner

Stephan Ohr
210 10th Ave, Apt 1
San Francisco, CA 94118
E-mail: stephan.ohr@gartner.com
Web site: www.gartner.com

Gartner banner

Gartner, Inc. is one of the world’s leading information technology research and advisory companies.  They deliver the technology-related insight necessary for their clients to make the right decisions, every day.  From CIOs and senior IT leaders in corporations and government agencies, to business leaders in high-tech and telecom enterprises and professional services firms, to technology investors, they are the valuable partner to clients in 12,000 distinct organizations. Through the resources of Gartner Research, Gartner Executive Programs, Gartner Consulting and Gartner Events, they work with every client to research, analyze and interpret the business of IT within the context of their individual role.
Founded in 1979, Gartner is headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut, U.S.A., and has 5,000 associates, including 1,280 research analysts and consultants, and clients in 85 countries.

 


Narveson Innovative Consulting

Brian Narveson
W7572 Price Ct.
Holmen, WI 54636
E-mail: bcnarveson@gmail.com

With a focus on analog and power electronics Narveson Innovative Consulting offers many services.  They can help companies analyze new product definition and market introduction process with the goal of increasing the new product success rate.  They also offer seminars/ courses in basic analog and power electronics for sales and marketing people in the electronics industry.  Technical writing services for application notes, sales presentation and product manuals are also available.

 


Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Laura Marlino
PO Box 2008 MS6472
Oak Ridge, TN 37831
E-mail: marlinold@ornl.gov

Oak Ridge Laboratories logo

Oak Ridge National Laboratory is a multiprogram science and technology laboratory managed for the U.S. Department of Energy by UT-Battelle, LLC. ORNL's mission is to deliver scientific discoveries and technical breakthroughs that will accelerate the development and deployment of solutions in clean energy and global security, and in doing so create economic opportunity for the nation.

ORNL also performs other work for the Department of Energy, including isotope production, information management, and technical program management, and provides research and technical assistance to other organizations. DOE's Office of Science is accountable for the effective stewardship and management of ORNL. The ORNL Site Office provides direct local oversight of the operations of the laboratory.

 


Sung-Yeul Park

University of Connecticut
371 Fairfield Way, Unit 2157
Storrs, CT 06269
E-mail: supark@engr.uconn.edu

Sung-Yeul Park

Dr. Park’s doctoral research involved solid oxide fuel cell power conditioning systems and is related to the process of transferring renewable energy to the utility grid. His research interests include renewable energy power conditioning systems, micro-grid inverters and digital power converter/inverter control. Dr. Park interned with Ballard Power System Corporation in Dearborn, MI, where he was involved in the development of a thermal impedance tester for a high power inverter module of a fuel cell car. Before pursuing his Ph.D., Dr. Park worked in Seoul, Korea as a field application junior engineer with YK Logic Co., Ltd. and as a technical support engineer with Hyun Jung System Co., Ltd. He has one U.S. patent and has co-authored one book and four research papers along with six conference papers. Dr. Park has received several best paper awards, an outstanding writing award in the International Future Energy Challenge (IFEC) in 2007 and a research excellence award at Virginia Tech in 2009.

University of Connecticut, School of Engineering

 

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