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Our USA Laboratories
We have two laboratory facilities located in the United States.
Our Primary R&D lab is located at corporate headquarters in Concord, California and our primary Printed Circuit Board lab and contract services facility located in St.
Petersburg, Florida.
Concord California Main Lab Facility:
2470-A Bates Avenue Concord, CA 94520-1122
Toll Free: +1 800 326 1151 USA
Tel: +1 925 827 1240
Fax: +1 925 827 1189
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St. Petersburg Florida Lab & Contract Service Facility:
1000 112th Circle North
Suite 1200
St. Petersburg, FL 33716
Toll Free: +1 800 315 0055 USA
Tel: +1 727 573 4567
Fax: +1 727 573 0333
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Local Applications Team
James D. Getty, Director - Applications and Business Development
Dr. Getty leads March’s Applications Engineering and Business Development activities, including the Marketing activities supporting the business’ Semiconductor, Printed Circuit Board, and Life Sciences market segments. Dr. Getty joined March in 2000. Prior to March Dr. Getty has held positions in the semiconductor industry. Dr. Getty has a Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry from the University of California at Davis.
Jack Zhao, Senior Applications Scientist
Dr. Zhao joined March in 2001. He is responsible for application process development, R&D and key account support. Prior to March Dr. Zhao has held positions in the university system and semiconductor industry. Dr. Zhao holds a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Missouri-Columbia and has been working in the plasma application field for more than 10 years.
David Foote, Sr. Staff Applications Engineer
Mr. Foote has an extensive background in chemical vapor deposition (CVD) with a focus on plasma enhanced CVD. Prior to working with March he developed processes in the semiconductor and semiconductor equipment industries. He holds a B.S. degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Cincinnati. Mr. Foote has been granted over 35 patents.
Lou Fierro, Senior PCB Applications Engineer
Mr. Fierro joined March Plasma Systems in 1997. Prior to coming to March he spent more than 23 years in engineering, building rigid, flex and exotic printed circuit boards. He now manages applications and contract service at March Plasma Systems Florida facility. Mr. Fierro is also responsible for process development and technical support.
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Semiconductor
The Semiconductor Business Group focuses on plasma processes for advanced semiconductor packaging and assembly (ASPA), wafer level packaging (WLP), microelectromechanical systems (MEMS), data storage devices such as thin film read-write heads (TFH) for hard disk drives, and images sensors. More>>>
Medical Device
The Medical Device Business Group is engaged in providing enhanced product performance, more reliable devices and lower cost processes to companies who manufacture leading edge medical devices including cardiac rhythm management products, catheters, stents, ocular devices, and filter media.
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Printed Circuit Board
Printed circuit board manufacturers work with our PCB Business Group due to the implementation of new materials technology, and smaller geometries in HDI, flex, and rigid flex applications. More>>>