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John Madocks invited to serve on AzRISE External Advisory Board

Ngoc Can — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 17:57:31 +0000

December 1^st, 2008 – The Arizona Research Institute for Solar Energy (AzRISE) has asked Company President, John Madocks, to serve on their External Advisory Board. AzRISE is a global institute created at the University of Arizona with academic and industrial partners to foster, support and coordinate collaborative efforts between academia, industry, business, national laboratories, local governments and the public through research and development, economic and public policy analysis, and education at all levels. For further information, visit www.azrise.org

GPI’s Events Calendar is available

Ngoc Can — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 18:37:31 +0000

General Plasma’s preliminary exhibition and conference calendar is now available here.

Please check back with us as we add to this schedule through out the year.

Oct 19-24: Technical Presentations at AVS (Boston, MA)

Gabe Tse — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 23:57:16 +0000

October 19, 2009

October 24, 2009

A reminder that Dr. Mark George and Dr. Haripin Chandra will be at the AVS 55th Symposium & Exposition in Boston from Oct 19-24. They will be presenting two technical papers:

“Latest Innovations in Large Area Web Coating Technology via PECVD Source Technology” on Thursday October 23rd, 3pm under program number TH-ThA4
“Recent Development of Low Temperature Plasma Enhanced CVD of Transparent Conducting Oxide in Photovoltaic Applications” on Thursday, October 23rd, 5pm under program number TF-ThA10

For more information, please refer to the earlier post.

General Plasma joins SEMI

Gabe Tse — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 18:14:23 +0000

General Plasma has joined the prestigious SEMI association – the global industry association serving the supply chain for the microelectronic, display and photovoltaic industries.

Access to the latest information, highest levels of international standards and public policies will allow GPI to continue delivering the best possible products to our valued customers.

New GPI site launched!

Gabe Tse — Thu, 08 May 2008 22:36:48 +0000

General Plasma, Inc. is proud to announce the launch of its newly redesigned website, dedicated to provide information about General Plasma’s expanding list of vacuum thin film deposition products and systems, including: ion sources for etching and cleaning, magnetrons for sputtering, custom systems or complete turnkey large area PECVD solutions.

The site will be continually updated with new products, technological breakthroughs and industry events. General Plasma is committed to providing cutting edge technology, educating customers and delivering solutions for their thin film coating needs. If you have any questions or comments, please do not hesitate to contact us via the contact form.

Dr. Mark George invited for poster presentation at IEEE PV Specialists Convention

Gabe Tse — Wed, 07 May 2008 23:09:31 +0000

May 11, 2008 9:00 am

May 15, 2008 9:00 am

Dr. Mark George, General Plasma’s Director of Technology has been selected to give a poster presentation at the 33rd IEEE Photovoltaics Specialists Conference in San Diego. The presentation, titled “Silicon Nitride ARC Thin Films, by New Plasma Enhanced Chemical Vapor Deposition Source Technology”, will be displayed in the Randall Ballroom in the Manchester Grand Hyatt Hotel in San Diego.

For more information about the conference, please click here.

Thin Film Development Laboratory Complete!

Gabe Tse — Tue, 06 May 2008 18:40:44 +0000

General Plasma’s new thin film development laboratory has been completed! New development capabilities include, three development thin film process tools, two class 100 clean rooms, continuous alarm monitoring gas bunkers, gas scrubber. Thin film characterization equipment has also been upgraded to include a phase shift microscope, Hall mobility analyzer, four point probe, UV-VIS-IS spectrometer, taber abrader and optical microscope. For more information, please click here.

SiN:H Coating by New PECVD Source

Dell Thornhill — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 16:00:20 +0000

April 23, 2008
11:30 am

John Madocks, CEO and Dr. Mark George, Director of Technology, will present an important paper on silicon nitride deposition for solar cells at the SVC Techcon in Chicago. Their talk, “Hydrogenated SiN for Anti-Reflection and Passivation of Crystalline Silicon Solar Cells by New PECVD Source” is scheduled for Wednesday morning at 11:30 am in room CT-7. This new process, developed by GPI, is far more efficient than conventional processes and sets a new standard for efficiency and mean time between maintenance.

John Madocks to Speak on Solar Energy at AZRISE

admin — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 15:46:36 +0000

The Arizona Research Institute for Solar Energy (AZRISE) has invited John Madocks, CEO of GPI, to talk about the role of vacuum coating technology in solar energy. In his talk, scheduled for April 19th in Tucson, Madocks will explain how vacuum coating technology enables the fabrication of crystalline silicon and thin-film solar cells. AZRISE is affiliated with the University of Arizona and is dedicated to promoting solar energy in Arizona.

General Plasma in the Arizona Daily Star

Gabe Tse — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 01:37:51 +0000

General Plasma makes the cover of the Arizona Daily Star business section! http://www.azstarnet.com/business/206684.php