• Europlasma, Oudenaarde near Gent / Belgium
  design and manufacturing of gasplasmasystems; activation of plastic, ceramics, metals, and glass for cleaning and adhesion before gluing, painting, printing, printed circuit board cleaning; hydrophylisation for textiles; medical cleaning systems; plasmapolymerisation
• Tekna Plasma Systems, Inc., Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada
  induction plasma technology, products: custom plasma systems for production of coatings, ultra-fine powers, chemical and ceramic synthesis, thermal destruction of wastes, production of bulk metal parts, including full turbine plates for aviation
• RCL Plasma, Inc., Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
  develop and promote the plasma gasification process for environmentally sound waste and energy management, products: modular plasma gasification system, plasma torch
• Plasco Energy Group, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
  Plasco Energy Group uses its Plasma Gasification Process (PGP) to convert carbonaceous materials such as municipal solid waste into energy-rich fuel or “syngas” and a commercially useful, inert solid, or “slag”.
• SatCon Power System, Burlington, Ontario, Canada
  Designers and manufacturers of power conversion and power quality equipment, specifically of chopper type power supplies for plasma arc application, from kW to multi-MW size.
• IE Power, Inc., Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
  Design and manufacturer of DC and AC power converters in power ranges up to tens of megawatts; plasma power supplies & precision power supplies for high energy physics.
• Refla Ltd, St. Larnaka, Cyprus
  Specialist in small plasma generators to be embedded in medical devices and industrial
  laser systems; low-cost, compact high-frequency gas discharge electrodes and systems.
• Plasma Quest Ltd. (UK, France, International)
  Remote plasma generation technology for thin film applications and a major evolution from traditional magnetron techniques. PQL HiTUS technology provides improved precision, stability, reproducibility, and stress control.
• PlasmaConsult GmbH, Wuppertal, Germany
  manufacturer of radio frequency and microwave plasma sources, plasma diagnostic systems, substrate holders, plasma processing systems, thin film coatings, plasma cleaning
• Kjellberg Finsterwalde, Finsterwalde, Germany
  products: aircooled and watercooled plasma cutting systems for materials 0.1 to 150 mm, arc welding equipment
• Engineer's Office for Applied Spectroscopy, Aalen, Germany
  fiber optic diode array spectrometer for PVD plasma for complete UV-NIR range for process gas flow control and vaporization progress, products: PVD plasma emission monitoring systems C++ library for parameter-free spline-smoothing of data
• ASI Advanced Semiconductor Instruments GmbH Berlin, Germany
  Global supplier of Advanced Process Control APC equipment and services to the semiconductor industry; manufacture of III-V semiconductor devices; plasma diagnostic
  system (Hercules) for reactive rf plasmas; production-line plasma monitoring systems.
• Huettinger Electronics, Freiburg, Germany
  pulsed magnetron sputtering with medium-freq (30-80kHz) pulse techniques, RF generators for plasma processing, products: RF generators for plasma processing and induction heating (300 W to 300 kW; DC to 300 kHz)
• Arcraftplasma Plasma  Sakinaka, Mumbai, India
  manufacturer of air plasma cutting machines, torches, and welding systems including
  micro-plasma welding machines
• Scientific Systems, Dublin, Ireland
  diagnostic instruments for characterising and monitoring RF electrical discharges and for design and control solutions required for advance semiconductor plasma processes, products: designs and markets edge diagnostic instruments Smart Probe - automated Langmuir probe diagnostic, compact PIM - plasma impedance monitor
  Engineering Solutions International ESIL, Dublin, Ireland
  simulation engineering consultancy firm; simulation of plasma properties and virtual testing; surface coating and deposition including thermal spraying, etch and thin film deposition
• Telwin S.p.A, Vicenza, Italy, products: plasma cutting systems, single-phase low-consumpion and three-phase of 35 to 150A capacity
• Aludra B.V., Vlaardingen, The Netherlands
  products: atmospheric plasma spray systems
• Philips Electronics, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
  products: one of the world's largest television manufacturers, including plasma televisions.
• Applied Plasma Physics AS, Sandnes, Norway
  products: modular air pollution control system using electro- and plasma physics, corona reactor, high frequency power conversion (HFPC) or switched mode power supplies (SMPS)
• SCANARC Plasma Technologies AB, Hofors, Sweden
  products: plasma systems from 100 kW to 10MW for heating of oxidizing and reducing gases, flash smelting, pyroarc process, plasmasmelt and slag reduction, experiments: Hofors pilot plant, 2MW & 8MW supplies, 1MW arc furnace
• Haefely EMC Technology, Basil, Switzerland
  high voltage test equipment, up to 10 MV, EMC test equipment, diagnostics
• Plus Electronic, Isparta, Turkey
  plasma sources for deposition, etching, sputtering, sterilization; plasma diagnostic systems; automation, vacuum and space systems, including plasma thrusters; decontamination and skin regeneration
• LOKS Plasma Services Ltd., Blackburn, UK
  products: underwater plasma cutting systems; custom stainless steel cut profiles from 3mm to 100mm thick up to 3 by 18 meters
• Tetronics Limited, Faringdon, Oxon, UK
  High temperature DC plasma arc technology specialists; metallurgical processes, design, fabrication, and installation of commercial plasma arc based systems; applications from treatment of both liquid and solid wastes, to tundish heating for the steel industry.
  products: DC plasma arc systems; steel tundishes; remediation and recycling; vitrified waste tiles; melting and recovery of glass and metals.
• Surface Technological Systems, South Wales, UK
  products: plasma etch and deposition systems for thin film processing, ICP, ECR, RIE, plasma CVD, sputtering technologies
• Helica Instruments Ltd., Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
  helium plasma beam controllable to cauterize to single-cell depth to full 1mm penetration for safe and easy procedures for tissue cauterization, products: Helica Thermal Coagulator TC
  Adtec Europe Limited, Hounslow, Middlesex, UK
  RF generators and matching units, with focus on ruggedness; and diagnostic equipment
• JVC Professional, London, UK
  products: plasma display screens
• Plasma Quest Ltd. (UK, France, International)
  Remote plasma generation technology for thin film applications and a major evolution from traditional magnetron techniques. PQL HiTUS technology provides improved precision, stability, reproducibility, and stress control.
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U. S. Corporations Utilizing Plasmas (alphabetical order)

• ActiveLight Corp., Poulsbo, WA
  products: gas plasma displays from Fujitsu, Pioneer, and NEC
• Advanced Energy, Fort Collins, Colorado
  products: power conversion and control systems, thin film plasma processing, RF cleaning, ion sources, inductively coupled plasma sources (ICP), plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition
• Advanced Heat Treat Corp., Waterloo, Iowa
  products: "UltraGlow" ion nitriding surface treatment using glow discharge plasma
• Air Tech International Corp., Silver Spring, Maryland
  products: HVAC maintenance, cleaning and repair; mold and bacterial control service
  atmospheric and pressurized cold plasma technologies for enhanced indoor air quality
• AirinSpace, Inc., Leesburg, Virginia
  creator of Plasmair systems for lowering airborne contamination levels in hospitals;
  used in sensitive areas for over 100 major French hospitals.
• Anatech Ltd , Springfield, Virginia
  Manufacturer of sputtering systems; provider of coating services
  products: batch-style box, barrel and planar electrode systems for cleaning and surface modification
• Applied Materials
  products: plasma etch processing chambers and etch processing platforms, decoupled plasma source (DPS), high-density plasma chemical vapor deposition (CVD) system, (largest producer of wafer fabrication systems)
• Atmospheric Glow Technologies Knoxville, Tennessee
  products: non-thermal atmospheric plasma systems for air purification, decontamination and sterilization, materials treatment, biotechnology and homeland security
• Bekaert Advanced Coating Technologies
  diamond-like coatings by plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition
  products: coatings for electronics, CD and DVD molds, and metal framing applications
• Centricut, Lebanon, New Hampshire
  products: plasma cutting consumables and replacement torches
• Control Vision Inc., Idaho Falls, Idaho
  products: digital camera imaging of extremes in brightness, temperature, and high-speed processes, image gallery http://www.daytonamig.com
• Daytona MIG, Daytona Beach, Florida
  products: portable welders and plasma cutters; pocket plasma system only $775.
• Diamonex, Allentown, Pennsylvania
  products: ion beam and RF plasma deposition of diamond coatings
• Eastlund Scientific Enterprises Corp., Texas
  products: plasma processor applications to environmental systems, wafers and thin films, packaging, electromagnetic systems, energy [Bernard Eastlund was co-inventor of fusion torch about 1970, and co-founded Fusion UV Systems], experiments: large volume plasma processor LVPP
• ESAB Cutting Systems Florence, South Carolina
  Since 1955, ESAB has developed and refined their plasma cutters and plasma cutting machines; portable to large gantry systems; precision, multi-process plasma cutting machines; full control of plasma cutting parameters.
• FM Technologies, Inc., Fairfax, Virginia
  microwave and particle beam generation and utilization, focused particle beam systems, plasma physics, and materials science and engineering
• General Atomics Fusion Group, General Atomics, San Diego, California
  tokamak research - all aspects, diagnostics ICF research, ICF target support software: transport code ONETWO, equilibrium EFIT, data analysis 4D, equilibrium TOQ, experiments: National Fusion Facility DIII-D ICF, target support for five ICF laboratories
• Geoplasma, LLC, Atlanta, Georgia
  plasma arc technology for the remediation of waste materials; H-POWER plants
• Global Plasma Systems Corporation, Washington, D.C.
  waste management services utilizing plasma heating technology; waste-to-energy and waste disposal and treatment; mixed waste sources including low-level radioactive, industrial and medical waste, contaminated soil, compact inert slag output
• Hobart Plasma Cutters
  complete line of Hobart plasma cutters and welding systems through MigWeld.com
• Hypertherm, Hanover, New Hampshire
  products: plasma cutting technology (up to 2" steel), history of plasma cutting technology and plasma arc process, plasma cutting animation
• Integrated Environmental Technologies, LLC Richland, Washington
  products: plasma enhanced melter (PEM) for wide variety of wastes; process demo since 3/97, waste streams - radioactive, hazardous, medical, industrial, municipal, tire waste, economic and environmental benefits
• IonO2X Engineering LLC, Woodland, Washington
  products: compact, scalable plasma systems for large air flow odor abatement; e.g., agricultural processing plants such as for fish food and pet food.
• Kaliburn Plasma Cutting Innovation, Charleston, South Carolina
  products: precision high definition plasma cutting systems, torch height control products, and industrial-rated air plasma cutting systems for high volume applications.
• Kinema Research and Software, Monument, Colorado
  products: software 2-D plasma modeling system PLASMATOR, non-equilibrium, time-dependent plasma chemistry code KINEMA, Boltzmann equation solver ELENDF, plasma chemistry modeling and surface modeling, SIGLO 3-D plasma display modeling
• Komatsu Cutting Tech, Wilmington, Massachusetts
  products: 'RASOR" fine plasma cutting systems; 5'x10' cutting up to 1.5" thick
• LAM Research Corporation, Fremont, California
  products: dry etch processing systems, both conductive etch and dielectric etch
• Lincoln Electric, Cleveland, Ohio
  products: 1/4 to 3/4" plasma cutting
• L3 Communications San Carlos, California and Williamsport, Pennsylvania
  products: electron devices; microwave vacuum and power systems
• March Plasma Systems, Concord, California and St. Petersburg, Florida
  products: gas plasma technology for micro- and opto-electronic packaging and PCB industries;
  informative discussion of plasma science for packaging applications
• G. E. Mathis Co., Chicago, Illinois
  products: 40 ton indexable punchng capability and true-cut air plasma cutting up to 60" wide, 1000# plates
• MKS Instruments  Wilmington, Massachusetts
  products: RF power delivery systems, physical vapor deposition (PVD) tools esp. for plasma etch, IC manufacture, storage media, flat panel and enhancement coating, DC high power conversion
• Modern Machine Tool Co., Jackson, Mississippi
  products: laser and plasma cutoff lathes; cut stock automatically up to 5 tons, 20 ft
• Novellus, San Jose, CA
  products: chemical vapor deposition (CVD), physical vapor deposition (PVD) automated wafer fabrication systems for deposition of thin films; dielectric plasma enhanced CVD (PECVD), dielectric high-density plasma (HDP-CVD) systems
• NUVOTEC usa Richland, Washington
  induction-coupled (ICP) reforming process or gasification produces clean fuels from numerous hydrocarbons; carbon nanotube production; waste processing facilities
• Osram Sylvania, Danvers, Massachusetts
  products: lighting systems, fluorescent lamps, lighting research, services, products
• Panasonic
  products: plasma display systems
  Larry Weber of Plasmaco (a Panasonic company), a pioneer in the plasma TV revolution
• PEAT, Inc., Huntsville, Alabama
  products: thermal destruction and recovery (TDR) process; plasam process and vitrification of waste streams - medical, pyrotechnics and explosives, thermal batteries, ammunition, redwater, labpacks
• Phoenix Solutions Co., Minneapolis, Minnesota
  products: plasma heating systems for waste treatment, plasma arc torches, melting metals and hazardous waste, converting organics such as municipal solid waste to fuel gas and useable chemicals, enhance recycling
• Plasma Automation Inc., Hicksville, New York
  products: vicon plasma cutting machines; thin metal cutting, control software
• Plasma Coatings Inc., Waterbury, Connecticut
  products: custom application of specialty surface materials; release/non-stick, traction, traction & release, helps with low friction, wear & corrosion conductivity (thermal and electrical)
• Plasma Etch, Inc., Carson City, Nevada
  products: high-capacity plasma etch systems
  applications list under 'markets for plasma tech'
• Plasma Systems Inc., San Jose, California
  products: etchback and conformal coating and potting; nickel and gold plating
• Plasma Technics Inc. Racine, Wisconsin
  products: high voltage transformers
• Plasma Technology Inc., Torrence, California
  products: thermal coating industry; about 300 different coatings with five different coating techniques; about 32 significant variables in coating process
• Plasma Whirl Technologies, Lafayette, Louisiana
  products: Plasma Whirl for solids and liquids; ArcWhirl for liquids
  custom implementation of three crosscutting technologies (separation and fluid flow; high temperature plasma; electromagnetic radiation) for wide array of applications
• Plasmacam, Inc.
  products: plasma cutting systems for artistic and geometric metal parts.
• PlasmaSol, Hoboken, New Jersey
  products: capillary discharge non-thermal plasma reactor, provides for volatile organic
  contaminant remediation, surface cleaning and combustion control.
• Plex, LLC, Cambridge, Massachusetts
  products: compact EUV photon source (20-300A) for lithography using plasma pinch source
• Precision Products, Canaan, New Hampshire
  products: precision cut plasma torches
• Pro-Fusion Technologies, Inc., Newbury Park, California
  products: plasma welding torches
• Retech Systems LLC, Ukiah, California
  metallurgical processing equipment; plasma arc centrifugal treatment (PACT) systems; plasma melting systems (plasma arc, electron beam, vacuum induction, vacuum arc remelting), electrode melting and casting
• RobotWorx, Marion, Ohio
  Reseller and integrator of new and refurbished industrial automation and robotics for applications such as arc welding, resistance welding, and spot welding.
• Stainless Plate Products, Inc., Tucson, Arizona
  products: CNC plasma cutting, from 4" square to 136"x333" and to 5" thick stainless
• Stainless Processing Inc.
  products: CNC plasma system - from 11 gauge sheet to 5" plate; supplier of rings, discs, flanges, custom shapes
• Startech Environmental Corp.
  products: Plasma Waste Converter; economical processing of all solid, liquid and gasious wastes; organic and inorganic; hazardous and non-hazardous.
• Tech-X Corporation, Boulder, Colorado
  particle-in-cell (PIC) plasma physics simulation (OOPIC Pro) - improves plasma physics education, solves challenging problems in basic research, aids in plasma-processing.
• Thermal Dynamics, Thermadyne Industries Group West Lebanon, New Hampshire
  products: plasma arc cutting systems and supplies design and manufacture of plasma
  arc cutting and welding torches and systems since 1957; precision cutting of any
  material from light gauge to 4" (9.6 cm) thick
• TRION Technology, Tempe, Arizona
  products: maker of plasma etch and deposition systems note: plasma cookbook
• Vapor Technologies Inc., Boulder, Colorado
  products: deposition of metallic and ceramic coatings by low-temperature arc vapor deposition (LTAVD), or cathodic arc plasma vapor deposition process (PVD); metalization of plastics, metalization of dielectric substrate for capacitors, medical device applications
• Varian Medical Equipment, Palo Alto, California
  medical systems - oncology, x-ray products, cargo screening and inspection
• Weldlogic, Inc., Newbury Park, California
  products: micro-arc plasma; 50 amp plasma welding torch (PT-10)
• XEI Scientific, Inc., Redwood City, California
  Remote RF plasma systems for removing contamination and hydrocarbons from electron microscopes and vacuum systems; specializes in low power (<100w) cleaning systems.
  
• Yield Engineering Systems, San Jose, California
  products: plasma strippers, plasma cleaning systems, acquired Glen Tech. 3/98
  
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