Publishes New High Performance Thin Film
Optical Coatings Technical Capabilities Brochure
Santa Paula, CA – ZC&R Coatings for Optics (ZC&R), an Abrisa Technologies company is pleased to announce the publication of their new High Performance Thin Film Optical Coatings Technical Capabilities brochure. This highly informative brochure can be downloaded as a PDF from the Abrisa Technologies website from the Resource Center or from the Coatings Solutions section.
The broad selection of coatings provided by ZC&R are applied via electron beam and ion-assisted electron beam deposition to influence and control reflectance, transmittance, absorbance, and resistance.
The brochure provides specifications as well as other detailed information about the following optical coatings provided by ZC&R:
- Anti-Reflective (AR) Coatings
- Transparent Conductive Coatings – Indium Tin Oxide (ITO) and Index-Matched Indium Tin Oxide (IMITO)
- Heat Control Coatings – Hot Mirror Filters and Cold Mirror Filters
- UV Filters – Blocking, Blacklite™ and 470 Short Wave Pass (SWP)
- Dichroics and Color Correction Filters
- Wavelength Selection Filters – Long Wave Pass (LWP), Short Wave Pass (SWP), Band Pass, and Notch
- Beam Splitters – Plate and Cube
- Mirrors and Metals
- Neutral Density Filters and Dark Mirrors
- Infrared (IR) Filters – Covert, Semi-Covert, and Blackeye
The Thin Film Coatings Capabilities brochure completes the trilogy of capability brochures offered by Abrisa Technologies, the other two being; Specialty Glass Technical Capabilities and Custom Glass Fabrication Capabilities which can also be found on the Abrisa Technologies website in the Resource Center for PDF Download.
ZC&R Coatings for Optics: ZC&R Coatings for Optics (ZC&R) is an Abrisa Technologies Company located in Torrance, California, in a 21,000 sq. ft. manufacturing facility. ZC&R provides precision thin film coatings such as indium tin oxide (ITO), index-matched indium tin oxide (IMITO), anti-reflective (AR) coatings, hot & cold mirrors, UV blocking filters, dichroics and color correction filters, beam splitters, metal coating, IR filters, neutral density filters, & dark mirrors, covert & semi-covert filters, wavelength selection filters, and more. www.zcrcoatings.com
About Abrisa Technologies: Abrisa Technologies is headquartered in Santa Paula, California, and is as a market leader in high quality thin film optical coatings, precision flat glass fabrication and specialty glass components. Abrisa Technologies is dedicated to providing premier customer service, cost-effective products that fit each customer’s exacting requirements. www.abrisatechnologies.com
of Sales and Marketing for Abrisa Technologies
Santa Paula, CA – Abrisa Technologies is pleased to announce that Ms. Jacky Vel has been appointed to the position of Sales and Marketing for the company and its divisions, effective December 2, 2012.
According to Blake Fennell, President and CEO of Abrisa Technologies, “Jacky brings excellent leadership experience and expertise to her new position after a very successful 17+ year career within Melles Griot, a manufacturer and distributor of photonics-related components and subsystems including lasers, optical systems, and electro-optical components.” Blake further states “Jacky’s experience in multi-level selling to US and international OEM and scientific customers as well as in the management and development of robust sales channels across 3 continents, will serve her well at Abrisa Technologies. Her expertise and industry knowledge will have an immediate positive impact for existing and potential customers and will position Abrisa Technologies well for a vibrant future of revenue growth.”
Jacky earned a BSc Degree in Applied Physics from the University of Portsmouth in the U.K. According to Jacky, “Global demand for fabricated and coated flat glass is showing tremendous growth across key markets including the display, imaging, and lighting sectors. The breadth of manufacturing capability of Abrisa Technologies from simple cut-seam-wash fabrication for low cost displays, to the most complex IMITO thin film coatings for high performance touch screen applications is quite remarkable. Our vertically integrated offering of value-added processes includes chemical strengthening and screen printing providing a single source of flat glass processing to meet the cost, quality and lead time demands of the markets we serve”. “I am thrilled”, she continues “to be part of a forward leaning organization that works in partnership with its customers to create industry leading solutions for technology dominated applications.”
About Abrisa Technologies: Abrisa Technologies is headquartered in Santa Paula, California, and is comprised of three divisions that provide precision optical products and services. The divisions include; Abrisa Industrial Glass, Inc., Sycamore Glass Components, and ZC&R Coatings for Optics. As a market leader in optical coatings and high quality precision glass fabrication, Abrisa Technologies is dedicated to providing premier customer service and cost-effective products that fit each customer’s exacting requirements. www.abrisatechnologies.com
Blake Fennell
Named President and CEO of Abrisa Technologies
Named President and CEO of Abrisa Technologies
Santa Paula, CA – We are pleased to announce that Mr. Blake Fennell has joined Abrisa Technologies as President and CEO effective August 27, 2012.
Mr. Fennell comes to Abrisa Technologies following a strong and very successful 17+ year career at Melles Griot, where he held multiple senior leadership roles, serving as Chief Operating Officer and then as Chief Executive Officer of this manufacturer and distributor of photonics-related components and sub-systems; including lasers, optical systems, and electro-optical components.
Following the acquisition of Melles Griot by Norwest Equity Partners in 2007, Blake served for an additional 4 years as President of the Laser Group within CVI Melles Griot, a California based manufacturer of lasers and laser-based light engines serving the biomedical-instrumentation, industrial, aerospace/defense, and micro-electronics industries. In all of these roles, Blake demonstrated a strong commitment to growth through innovative manufacturing, redesigned supply chain logistics, and sales/distribution programs which served his customers well, encouraging strong growth of the businesses he has run.
According to Blake, “I look forward to this new and exciting chapter in my career with Abrisa Technologies. My vision for the future of the company is to bring world-class manufacturing excellence to Abrisa Technologies, elevating the support for our optical products and services to our current and future customer base.”
Blake further explains, “Abrisa Technologies has extremely strong capabilities for both of its primary offerings; that being glass fabrication and thin film optical coatings. The company’s solid reputation and dedicated work force is highly motivated to deliver value to all stakeholders.”
Graham Partners, the Equity Firm that holds Abrisa Technologies in their portfolio of companies has great respect for the ability of the management team and remains excited about the future of Abrisa technologies. Graham Partners feels strongly that the addition of Blake Fennell to the Abrisa Technologies team will strongly encourage the growth prospects and success of the company, its customers and its employees.
About Abrisa Technologies: Abrisa Technologies is headquartered in Santa Paula, California, and is comprised of three divisions that provide precision optical products and services. The divisions include; Abrisa Industrial Glass, Inc., Sycamore Glass Components, and ZC&R Coatings for Optics. As a market leader in optical coatings and high quality precision glass fabrication, Abrisa Technologies is dedicated to providing premier customer service, cost-effective products that fit each customer’s exacting requirements. www.abrisatechnologies.com
Named One of Constant Contact’s 2011 All Stars
Santa Paula, CA – March 15, 2012 – Abrisa Technologies, an integrated optics solutions provider for specialty glass, custom glass fabrication, and precision thin film coatings has received the 2011 All Star Award from Constant Contact®, Inc., the trusted marketing advisor to more than half a million small organizations worldwide. Each year, a select group of Constant Contact customers are honored with the All Star Award for their exemplary marketing results. Abrisa Technologies’ results ranked among the top 10% of Constant Contact’s customer base.
According to Jim Veler, President and CEO for Abrisa Technologies, “We’re happy to be recognized by Constant Contact for achieving strong marketing results. Constant Contact’s tools have helped us communicate better with our current customers as well as future customers. Our monthly E-Newsletters provide our readership with news & information about our products and services along with helpful links as to where more information can be found on our website.”
Constant Contact customers using any combination of the company’s Email Marketing, Event Marketing, and Online Survey tools are eligible for this award. Constant Contact looked at the following criteria to select this year’s All Stars:
- Frequency of campaigns, events, and surveys
- Open, bounce, and click-through rates
- Event registration rates
- Survey completion rates
- Use of social features
- Use of mailing list sign-up tools
“There is nothing we like more than to see our customers finding success. It’s the reason Constant Contact was founded, and it’s a thrill to see the fantastic results that our All Stars are achieving,” said Gail Goodman, CEO of Constant Contact. “This group is really leading the charge when it comes to delivering relevant, engaging content that drives real business results. We salute this year’s All Stars for their success, and are honored to have played a part in their achievements.”
About Abrisa Technologies – Abrisa Technologies is headquartered in Santa Paula, California and is comprised of three divisions that provide precision glass optics products and services. The divisions include; Abrisa Industrial Glass, Inc., Sycamore Glass Components, and ZC&R Coatings for Optics. As a market leader in optical coatings and high quality precision glass fabrication, Abrisa Technologies is dedicated to providing premier customer service, cost-effective products that fit each customer’s exacting requirements. www.abrisatechnologies.com
About Constant Contact, Inc. – Constant Contact is revolutionizing the success formula for small organizations through affordable, easy-to-use Engagement Marketing™ tools that help create and grow customer relationships. More than half a million small businesses, nonprofits, and associations worldwide rely on Constant Contact to drive ongoing customer dialogs through email marketing, social media marketing, event marketing, and online surveys. All Constant Contact products come with unrivaled KnowHow, education, and free coaching with a personal touch, including award-winning customer support.
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Abrisa Technologies
(805) 312-5873
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Processor and Distributor of
SCHOTT Xensation™ Cover Glass
Santa Paula, CA – Abrisa Technologies is pleased to announce that it has been named as the preferred processor and distributor of SCHOTT Xensation™ Cover glass for Cover & Touch applications for North America. According to Jim Veler, President and CEO of Abrisa Technologies, “Adding SCHOTT Xensation™ Cover glass for Cover & Touch applications to our existing portfolio of High Ion Exchange (HIE™) glass product offerings, allows us to provide our customers with a multitude of optical solutions.”
As a market leader in precision optical coatings and custom glass fabrication, including SCHOTT Xensation™ Cover glass as an available material enables us to service our customer base with another outstanding product while opening up some new avenues to market our services.” He additionally states, “We have had a long and prosperous relationship with SCHOTT as a distributor of their floated borosilicate glass BOROFLOAT® and see this as an extension of the relationship in support of this exciting new product. We look forward to continuing to build on our strong relationship and trust that we will play a pivotal role in their distribution process.”
SCHOTT Xensation™ Cover glass is an ultra-strong alumino-silicate glass having outstanding resistance to breakage and scratches. It is the hardest glass currently available for capacitive touch applications such as smartphones and tablet PCs, providing tougher, sleeker and more resilient devices.
Due to its impressively high compression stress (CS) of, more than 900 MPa, it offers a significantly higher bending strength and higher ball drop strength test resistance than comparable materials currently available on the market. Furthermore, SCHOTT Xensation™ Cover glass has delivered stable values under low temperatures during the chemical curing process with respect to compressive stress on the surface and depth of ion exchange.
Susan Hirst, General Manager for Abrisa Technologies’ Santa Paula manufacturing facility, states “Abrisa Technologies will not only distribute SCHOTT Xensation™ Cover glass, we will chemically treat, cut, edge, polish, and provide additional processing as required by our customers in order to fully service their HIE™ glass requirements.”
Susan goes on to add, “Some of the additional customized fabrication value-added solutions from Abrisa Technologies that can be performed on SCHOTT Xensation™ Cover glass may include the application of thin film coatings, various edge treatments, custom cutting and drilling, screen printing, Bus Bars and more.”
Abrisa Technologies will offer SCHOTT Xensation™ Cover glass in sheet sizes of:
- 1150 x 950 mm
- 475 x 575 mm
Thickness range availability is 0.5mm through 3.0 mm. Custom sizes and thickness may be available on request.
About Abrisa Technologies: Abrisa Technologies is headquartered in Santa Paula, California and is comprised of three divisions that provide precision optical products and services. The divisions include; Abrisa Industrial Glass, Inc., Sycamore Glass Components, and ZC&R Coatings for Optics. As a market leader in optical coatings and high quality precision glass fabrication, Abrisa Technologies is dedicated to providing premier customer service and cost-effective products that fit each customer’s exacting requirements. www.abrisatechnologies.com
Xensation™ is a trademark of SCHOTT AG
BOROFLOAT® is a registered trademark of SCHOTT AG
Reaches Agreement to be the Western US
Distributor and Fabricator for Corning® Gorilla® Glass
Santa Paula, CA – Abrisa Technologies is pleased to announce that it has reached an agreement with Corning to be their recognized distributor for Gorilla® Glass for the Western United States. According to Jim Veler, President and CEO of Abrisa Technologies, “Adding Gorilla® Glass to our existing portfolio of High Ion Exchange (HIE™) glass product offerings, allows us to provide our customers with a multitude of optical solutions. As a market leader in precision optical coatings and custom glass fabrication, including Corning® Gorilla® Glass as an available material enables us to service our customer base with another outstanding product while opening up some new avenues to market our services.” He additionally states, “We look forward to a long and prosperous relationship with Corning®, and trust that we will play a pivotal role in their distribution process.”
Gorilla® Glass is an environmentally friendly alkali-aluminosilicate thin-sheet glass. According to Corning®, “Elegant and lightweight, Gorilla® Glass is durable enough to resist many real-world events that commonly cause glass failure, enabling exciting new applications in technology and design. Gorilla® Glass features exceptional damage resistance to the scratches, drops, and bumps of everyday use. It’s thin, cool to the touch, and cleans easily – making it the perfect solution for sleek, seamless designs. Gorilla® Glass is RF compatible, and has outstanding optical clarity.”
Dimensionally, Gorilla® Glass can be ordered from Abrisa Technologies in thicknesses from 0.5mm to 2.0 mm and in Gen 5 (1250mm x 900mm) sheets which can then be fabricated to suit specific size and shape requirements.
Gorilla® Glass has significant advantages over other glass materials.
- Damage resistant – Chemically strengthened via an ion-exchange process creates a deep compression layer on the surface of the glass substrate, reducing the introduction of flaws by the end-user.
- Thinner form factor – Thicknesses range from 0.5mm to 2.0mm depending upon specification and application requirements.
- Unparalleled surface quality – Glass is exceptionally clean, smooth, and flat, with outstanding optical clarity due to Corming’s proprietary fusion process.
- Compliance with environmental standards – RoHS compliant
- Compatibility with touch screens – tough enough to handle the surface pressure intrinsic to touch screen devices, since it is exceptionally thin, it is more sensitive and provides accurate responses.
- Easy-to-clean, wear-resistant coating – a special coating makes Gorilla glass easier to clean than other cover glass, finger prints and smudges are no longer a problem.
Other customized fabrication value-added solutions from Abrisa technologies that can be performed on Gorilla® Glass include the application of thin film coatings, various edge treatments, custom cutting and drilling, screen printing, Bus Bars and more.
Typical applications for Gorilla® Glass Include, smartphones, laptop and tablet computer screens, mobile devices, touchscreen devices, household appliances, and a host of other optical components.
About Abrisa Technologies: Abrisa Technologies is headquartered in Santa Paula, California and is comprised of three divisions that provide precision optical products and services. The divisions include; Abrisa Industrial Glass, Inc., Sycamore Glass Components, and ZC&R Coatings for Optics. As a market leader in optical coatings and high quality precision glass fabrication, Abrisa Technologies is dedicated to providing premier customer service and cost-effective products that fit each customer’s exacting requirements. www.abrisatechnologies.com
Corning and Gorilla Glass are registered trademarks of Corning Incorporated
Publishes Inaugural
Precision Glass Optics E-Newsletter
February 8, 2011 – Santa Paula, CA – Abrisa Technologies has distributed the February 2011 inaugural issue of their Precision Glass Optics E-Newsletter via Constant Contact. The bi-monthly E-Newsletter will provide readers with information about each Abrisa Technologies divisions; Abrisa Industrial Glass, Sycamore Glass Components, and ZC&R Coatings for Optics and their product and services for the optics community.
Individuals may sign-up for the E-Newsletter on the divisional websites, or on the Abrisa Technologies website at:
E-Newsletter Sign-up.
The inaugural issue featured stories and links about the following topics:
- Virtual Tutorials
- Jim Veler, CEO Abrisa Technologies Executive Messages
- Abrisa Technologies Website Launch
- Abrisa Technologies Capabilities Brochure Download
- 2011 Trade Show Participation
- Optical Coatings, Glass Fabrication & Specialty Glass Products
- Indium Tin Oxide (ITO) Coatings for High Transmittance Solutions
- Social Media (Facebook, Twitter, You Tube, LinkedIn)
The Opt-in E-Newsletter will be used to drive breaking news and the latest product and service information to subscribers. Abrisa Technologies would enjoy getting feedback about the E-Newsletter content and would appreciate subscribers sending in content suggestions to: marcom@abrisatechnologies.com.
About Abrisa Technologies: Abrisa Technologies is headquartered in Santa Paula, California and is comprised of three divisions that provide precision glass optics products and services. The divisions include; Abrisa Industrial Glass, Inc., Sycamore Glass Components, and ZC&R Coatings for Optics. As a market leader in optical coatings and high quality precision glass fabrication, Abrisa Technologies is dedicated to providing premier customer service, cost-effective products that fit each customer’s exacting requirements. www.abrisatechnologies.com
Abrisa Technologies
Publishes Corporate Capabilities Brochure
January 21, 2011 – Santa Paula, CA – Abrisa Technologies has just published a new corporate capabilities brochure detailing their product and service offerings for precision glass optics via their three industry leading divisions; Abrisa Industrial Glass, Sycamore Glass Components, and ZC&R Coatings for Optics.
The new, 6-panel Abrisa Technologies brochure provides a capabilities overview of each of the three divisions as well as an introduction to Abrisa Technologies.
Highlighted within the brochure are the prototype and high-volume OEM products and service capabilities offered to Abrisa Technologies’ primary industry targets; defense, display, lighting & entertainment, medical, imaging systems, and the photovoltaic sectors.
Abrisa Technologies focuses upon providing high reliability, high quality precision glass optics solutions for the following product and service categories:
- Precision Thin Film Optical Coatings – Indium Tin Oxide (ITO) and Index-Matched (ITO), Anti-Reflective (AR), Heat Control (Hot & Cold Mirrors), UV Blocking Filters, Color Filters, Color/Temperature Correction, Beam Splitter, Metal Coatings, Front Surface Mirror, Covert/Semi Covert Filters, IR Coatings, Neutral Density Filters, Anti-Fog, and more.
- Custom Glass Fabrication – Cutting, Edging, Screen Printing, Machining, Bus Bar, Strengthening, Metrology, Cleaning, and Specialty Packaging.
- Specialty Glass Products – Soda-Lime, Borosilicate, Glass/Ceramic, and Specialty Glass.
With over 80 years of combined design and manufacturing experience, Abrisa Technologies, and its divisions deliver cost-effective solutions that are on-time, in-spec and within budget. A quick review of the brochure provides the reader with a broad-based introduction to the company as a whole. For more information the brochure directs inquires to the website; www.abrisatechnologies.com.
About Abrisa Technologies: Abrisa Technologies is headquartered in Santa Paula, California and is comprised of three divisions that provide precision glass optics products and services. The divisions include; Abrisa Industrial Glass, Inc., Sycamore Glass Components, and ZC&R Coatings for Optics. As a market leader in optical coatings and high quality precision glass fabrication, Abrisa Technologies is dedicated to providing premier customer service, cost-effective products that fit each customer’s exacting requirements.
Launches Corporate Website
January 4, 2011 – Santa Paula, CA – Abrisa Technologies is pleased to announce the launch of their new corporate website located at www.abrisatechnologies.com. The site introduces the optics community to the company (Abrisa Technologies), along with its industry leading brands; Abrisa Industrial Glass, Sycamore Glass Components, and ZC&R Coatings for Optics.
Once visitors enter the site, they can navigate through the various pages to get detailed information about each of the three brands/divisions, quality, product news, events such as trade show participation, sales contact information, and more.
Of particular interest will be the markets & application pages which detail product offerings and solutions in the following industry sectors:
An in depth discussion with hyperlinks to the divisional websites is provided for Abrisa Technologies’ products & services which include:
In additional to these features, the site will run a weekly executive message which will be available via You Tube, as well as featuring a series of virtual tutorials to educate those interested in optical glass and coating solutions about various aspects such as glass strengthening, hot & cold mirrors, and more.
The site also includes a sign-up for the Abrisa Technologies RSS feed, a newsletter sign-up and social media (Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and You Tube).
About Abrisa Technologies: Abrisa Technologies is headquartered in Santa Paula, California and is comprised of three divisions that provide precision glass optics products and services. The divisions include; Abrisa Industrial Glass, Inc., Sycamore Glass Components, and ZC&R Coatings for Optics. As a market leader in optical coatings and high quality precision glass fabrication, Abrisa Technologies is dedicated to providing premier customer service, cost-effective products that fit each customer’s exacting requirements.
Patterning of ITO and IMITO
for heated or EMI shielded display glass
for heated or EMI shielded display glass
ZC&R Coatings for Optics And Abrisa Industrial Glass partnered up in February of 2008 to produce a better glass ITO solution. The initial information regarding this is available at Photonics Online.
Many companies are finding that they have tighter project budgets as technology improves and newer innovative devices reduce the costs of operation, which is why our fully automated printing system used in this process is so important. The printing system allows for a lower project cost while offering a 15 µm print to print accuracy and maintaining a print area of up to 460mm x 460mm. The use of this printing system adds the repeatability that many ITO applications require at a lower cost. The printing process is performed in a class 100 clean room so that the coating integrity is maintained.
This process developed for glass ito is capable of supporting multiple solutions for coating needs. One solution that benefits greatly from this new process is Etch ITO and IMITO. The low cost of the process allows for greater flexibility in design and patterned coatings. The efficiency of this process also reduces cost, which is especially notable in etch of index matching layers in EMI shielding applications, and in etch of ITO in heater applications which is more cost effective than the standard 2-step deposition processes.
This process also features patterning of epoxy based electrical contacts. Standard linear bus bars are effectively applied through this process as well as custom shaped bus bars. Ink based frames and other OEM art work also benefit from this process. Thermoset or ceramic-based inks can be applied efficiently at a low cost.
These glass ito solutions used for many different applications often require high quality and high-volume. ZC&R and Abrisa have made these applications cost-effective while maintaining high cleanliness standards in a class 100 clean room, and preparing materials in a class 1000 clean room.
To learn more about this and other coated glass application solutions call 800.426.2864 or email us.
