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05/29/2025

Our favorite photos from the Society of Vacuum Coaters TechCon 2025 in Nashville.

05/06/2024

Some of our favorite pics from Sunday at SVC TechCon Chicago.

Women in SVC Meeting, Young Members Meeting, Society of Vacuum Coaters Board of Directors Meet and Greet.

Come say hello and grab a seat on the couch with Ed Wegener and Marcel Anaya in booth 1109 on Tuesday and Wednesday at the Exhibition and pick up a coveted DHF SVC TechCon t-shirt while supplies last.

Welcome to Chicago!

Thank you to Charlotte Masters for the great photos! See them all here:
https://svctechcon.pixieset.com/

03/12/2024

On May 7, 2024, the Society of Vacuum Coaters(SVC) will present Michael Andreasen with the prestigious Nathaniel H. Sugerman Award at SVC TechCon 2024 in Chicago.

The award was established by the SVC in 1992 to commemorate Nathaniel (Nat) Sugerman and his enduring efforts in founding, nurturing and leading the organization.

Michael is no stranger to awards - that's him receiving the Lifetime Service Award last year at SVC TechCon in Washington D.C. from past presidents Ed Wegener and Frank Zimone - but the Sugermen Award is a big one in the vacuum coating community.

Congrats to Michael on a well-deserved honor. We look forward to toasting you at the award ceremony in Chicago.

Read the full story here:
https://www.dhftargets.com/sputtering-target-manufacturer/sputter-coating-industry-news/michael-andreasen-to-receive-2024-nathaniel-sugerman-memorial-award-from-the-society-of-vacuum-coaters-svc

02/08/2024

Before we celebrate the Chiefs and 49ers, Mahomes and McCaffrey, Travis and Taylor, let's give credit to the glass industry folks who helped create the stunning venue for the Super Bowl LVIII, Allegiant Stadium.

Hats, and helmets, off to Giroux Glass, Inc., Enclos Corp, Trulite Glass & Aluminum Solutions, Walters & Wolf and PRL Glass and Aluminum Systems.

And here's to the designers, builders and project managers including MANICA Architecture, Arup, HNTB, CAA ICON and MORTENSEN & McCarthy Building Companies, Inc. Joint Venture (MMcJV).

Enjoy your touchdown dances on Super Bowl Sunday.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jUjmWFYEigw&t=11s

Rising 10 storeys from the Nevada desert, the Raiders' audacious new home (the Allegiant Stadium) is one of the most expensive venues ever conceived. For mor...

01/22/2024

Batman has spandex, we have this.

If you're looking for innovative gold, silver, platinum and palladium sputtering targets, give us a call. Although it may take a minute to get out of the heat suit and pick up the phone. Perhaps email is better: [email protected]

01/22/2024

We're looking forward to getting the band back together at all the great events scheduled for 2024:

May 6-9, 67th Annual Society of Vacuum Coaters (SVC) TechCon in Chicago

May 19-24, 50th International Conference on Metallurgical Coatings and Thin Films (ICMCTF) in San Diego

August 18-22, SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics Optics + Photonics, San Diego

September 22-26, Association for Roll to Roll Converters R2R USA in Charlotte

November 3-8, American Vacuum Society (AVS) 70th International Symposium & Exhibition in Tampa

Here's to a wildly successful 2024!

01/10/2024

Wrexham AFC isn’t the only great story coming out of the Welsh town. Wrexham University has taken their thin film coating game to the next level.

Caroline Gray OBE, Director of Wrexham University’s OpTIC Technology Centre, said, “We feel enormously proud that our Thin Film Coating Facility here at the OpTIC Technology Centre is supporting this Welsh-led mission to Mars.”

Vacuum coating for the win!

https://businessnewswales.com/wrexham-universitys-vacuum-thin-film-coating-facility-supporting-welsh-led-mission-to-mars/

01/02/2024

Our Gold Upsilon sputtering target used in Materials Research Corporation (MRC) sputtering systems. Over the years, MRC has been acquired by companies including Sony in 1989 and Tokyo Electron Limited (TEL) in 1998. KDF acquired the MRC batch and etch product lines, including sputtering systems, from TEL. In early 2022, KDF was acquired by Kurt J. Lesker Company, a leading global provider of high quality vacuum equipment. KDF and Kurt J. Lesker Company continue to service these machines with a full line of parts for the MRC systems, manufactured from the original MRC documentation.

04/20/2021

SVC Virtual TechCon is coming to a laptop, mobile or desktop near you May 3-7. Will we see you there?

The Society of Vacuum Coaters has created the most affordable, informative, easy-to-attend SVC TechCon ever. SVC Virtual TechCon 2021 is coming May 3-7 to a laptop, mobile or desktop near you. DHF Technical Products is a huge supporter of the work SVC does to move our industry forward. Your support

03/10/2021

Looking for innovative ways to lower the cost of ownership for your precious metal sputtering targets? https://www.dhftargets.com/sputtering-target-thin-coating-blog/spent-target-recycling-cost-savings

At DHF Technical Products, we look at every stage of the life cycle of your precious metal target, from design and manufacturing to spent target reclaim and refining as an opportunity to increase the efficiency of your target and lower your cost of ownership. This holistic view, unique to the precio

02/16/2021

What does smog in Shanghai and car theft in Wichita have to do with the cost of your sputtering targets?

A crackdown on air pollution in China has created increasing demand for palladium in catalytic converters for automobiles. Palladium prices have more than tripled since 2016 topping gold as the most valuable precious metal. Now auto thieves in America are stealing catalytic converters at a record pa

02/05/2021

SVC TechCon 2021 is coming to your home. Society of Vacuum Coaters 64th annual conference is going virtual. https://www.dhftargets.com/sputtering-target-thin-coating-blog/svc-techcon-2021-is-going-virtual

The pandemic brought us the virtual office, virtual school, virtual concerts, virtual sporting events and even virtual wine tastings. This week the Society of Vacuum Coaters is adding another virtual event to the list: SVC TechCon 2021. Virtual TechCon will include five days of presentations from Ma