The publisher's policy is to run a ratio of 70 -75 percent editorial in each issue. This is probably the highest edit/advertising ratio of any major trade magazine in the country. Every issue contains a column on Thin Film Technology by Dr. Peter Martin of Battelle PNL Labs (recently retired), and a monthly vacuum column on by Dr. Robert Langley of Oak Ridge National Laboratory (retired) and Luke Hinkle, a phd physicist with twenty years' of experience in the vacuum industry. Each issue also contains two Educational Guides provided by Dr. Martin and Dr. Hinkle on processing and technology respectively.. Another popular contributor to the magazine is Kimo Welch, a well-known teacher and authority in the vacuum field. "Kimo's Corner" is a column that always contains new ideas and revelations about events and technology in the market. A team of experts from the University of Alaska (Abhijit Biswas, Ilker S. Bayer and Pramod C. Karulkar) provide an outstanding regular column on nanotechnology. A recent addition to the editorial staff, David Mount, who's been in the industry for more than twenty three years provides a great new column titled "What's New in the Lab" that covers a wide variety of emerging technology subjects. And another well-known author and educator, Abe Belkind, has just added his name to this prestigious group of contributing columnists with a superb series of just about everything there is to know about the world of plasmas.

Our Executive Editor Peter Martin also contributes many fascinating papers on many aspects of thin film coatings and technology, as do all of the team listed above. Peter is considered one of the leading experts in the industry. He's about to launch a complete series of sixteen monthly papers, each covering a specific different method of performing metal deposition.

In addition, several feature articles appear each month, contributed by scientists and professional engineers in many industries. These articles cover physical vapor deposition (sputtering, evaporation, arc coating, etc.), deposition materials, metrology, testing and inspection, vacuum components, and many other areas related to either vacuum processing or technology. New Products, New Literature, Industry News and Product Roundups are also included in virtually most issues.

ISSUE

Feature Topics

Industry Focus

Monthly Features

Special Features

Show Distribution &

Not All-inclusive

Product Roundups

January

Sputtering

Evaporation Processing

E-Beam Technology

Vacuum Gauging

Sputtering Targets

Viacheslav Zhurin:

Ion Beam Processing

Abe Belkind: Plasmas

Robert Castellano:

Industry Research

Automotive

Semiconductor

Solar Cells & Panels

Lighting

Medical

Peter Martin: Thin Film Column

Langley & Hinkle: Vacuum Corner

Biswas & Bayer: NanoTechnology

P. Martin: Deposition

Process Tutorial

Solar Cells & Panels

Thin Film

Educational Guide

Vacuum

Processing Educational Guide

Product Showcase Component Catalogs

February

Plasma Processing

Ion-Beam Processing

Gas Handling

RF Power Sources

Sputtering

Viacheslav Zhurin:

Ion Beam Processing

Robert Castellano:

Industry Research

Mirror & Glass

Decorative Coatings

Emerging Markets

Data Storage

Sensors

Peter Martin: Thin Film Column

Langley & Hinkle: Vacuum Corner

Biswas & Bayer: NanoTechnology

P. Martin: Deposition

Process Tutorial

Gas Delivery & Diagnostics

Thin Film

Educational Guide

Vacuum

Processing Educational Guide

AVS Northern California

Product Showcase Vacuum Component Literature

March

Plasma Processing

Evaporation

Sputtering

Vacuum Components

Gas Handling

Viacheslav Zhurin:

Ion Beam Processing

Abe Belkind: Plasmas

Robert Castellano:

Industry Research

Architectural Glass

Read-Write Heads

Nano-Technology

Holography

Solar Cells & Panels

Optics

Peter Martin: Thin Film Column

Langley & Hinkle: Vacuum Corner

Biswas & Bayer: NanoTechnology

P. Martin: Deposition

Process Tutorial

Solar Cells & Panels

Thin Film

Educational Guide

Vacuum

Processing Educational Guide

SVC 53^rd

Annual Technical
Conference

Product Showcase Deposition Sources:

Electron Beam, Ion-Beam, and Magnetron

Evaporation

April

Sputtering

Vacuum Components

Plasma Cleaning

Evaporation

Emerging Technologies

Viacheslav Zhurin:

Ion Beam Processing

Robert Castellano:

Industry Research

Food Packaging & Storage

Component Packaging

Panels &Displays

Paper Coatings

Solar Cells & Panels

Peter Martin: Thin Film Column

Langley & Hinkle: Vacuum Corner

Biswas & Bayer: NanoTechnology

P. Martin: Deposition

Process Tutorial

Gas Delivery & Diagnostics

Thin Film

Educational Guide

Vacuum

Processing Educational Guide

SVC Exhibitor

Directory

Product Showcase

Deposition Systems:

Electron Beam, Ion-Beam, and Magnetron

Evaporation

May

Magnetron Sputtering

Plasma Processing

Leak Detectors

Metrology

Evaporation

Viacheslav Zhurin:

Ion Beam Processing

Abe Belkind: Plasmas

Robert Castellano:

Industry Research

Optics

Magnetic Media

Lens Coatings

Sensors

Interconnect Technology

Peter Martin: Thin Film Column

Langley & Hinkle: Vacuum Corner

Biswas & Bayer: NanoTechnology

P. Martin: Deposition

Process Tutorial

Solar Cells & Panels

Thin Film

Educational Guide

Vacuum

Processing Educational Guide

AVS New England

Regional Meeting

Product Showcase

Gas Handling Systems

& Equipment, Includ-ing Components,

Control, Metrology &

Analyzers

June

In-Process Measurements

New Technologies

New Target Technology

Evaporation Processing

Sputtering

Viacheslav Zhurin:

Ion Beam Processing

Robert Castellano:

Industry Research

Data Storage

Plastics Coatings

Fiber Optics

Tool Coating

Medical

Peter Martin: Thin Film Column

Langley & Hinkle: Vacuum Corner

Biswas & Bayer: NanoTechnology

P. Martin: Deposition

Process Tutorial

Gas Delivery & Diagnostics

Thin Film

Educational Guide

Vacuum

Processing Educational Guide

SEMICON WEST

Product Showcase

Vacuum Valves

Gas Analytical Systems

July

Plasma Deposition

Ion-Beam Processing

Vacuum Pumps

Chemical Vapor Deposition

Sputtering

Viacheslav Zhurin:

Ion Beam Processing

Abe Belkind: Plasmas

Robert Castellano:

Industry Research

Semiconductor

Electron Microscopy

Ophthalmic Coatings

Nano Technology

MEMS

Lighting

Peter Martin: Thin Film Column

Langley & Hinkle: Vacuum Corner

Biswas & Bayer: NanoTechnology

P. Martin: Deposition

Process Tutorial

Solar Cells & Panels

Thin Film

Educational Guide

Vacuum

Processing Educational Guide

Product Showcase Power Supplies for Vacuum Thin-Film

Deposition Monitors/Controllers

August

Plasma Deposition

Ion-Beam Processing

Vacuum Pumps

Sputtering

Decorative Coating

Viacheslav Zhurin:

Ion Beam Processing

Robert Castellano:

Industry Research

Ophthalmic Coatings

Compound Semicon

Data Storage

Nano Technology

Peter Martin: Thin Film Column

Langley & Hinkle: Vacuum Corner

Biswas & Bayer: NanoTechnology

P. Martin: Deposition

Process Tutorial

Gas Delivery & Diagnostics

Thin Film

Educational Guide

Vacuum

Processing Educational Guide

SPIE Annual Meeting

Product Showcase Vacuum Pumps

Film Thickness and

Flatness Metrology

September

Materials Source Selection

Ion Beam Processing

In-Line Inspection

Innovative Cleaning Processes

Sputtering

Viacheslav Zhurin:

Ion Beam Processing

Abe Belkind: Plasmas

Robert Castellano:

Industry Research

Tools & Hardware

Optics

Solar Cells

Decorative Coatings

Peter Martin: Thin Film Column

Langley & Hinkle: Vacuum Corner

Biswas & Bayer: NanoTechnology

P. Martin: Deposition

Process Tutorial

Solar Cells & Panels

Thin Film

Educational Guide

Vacuum

Processing Educational Guide

Product Showcase Vacuum Gauges

October

Plasma Processing

Process Control Methods

Leak Detection

Sputtering

Evaporation

Viacheslav Zhurin:

Ion Beam Processing

Robert Castellano:

Industry Research

Tools & Hardware

Fibre Optics

Solar Cells

Data Storage

Panels & Displays

Peter Martin: Thin Film Column

Langley & Hinkle: Vacuum Corner

Biswas & Bayer: NanoTechnology

P. Martin: Deposition

Process Tutorial

Gas Delivery & Diagnostics

Thin Film

Educational Guide

Vacuum

Processing Educational Guide

AVS Annual Meeting

Product Showcase Leak Detectors

November

Thin Film Patterning

Flatness/Thickness Testing

Vacuum Training

Plasma Processing

Sputtering

Viacheslav Zhurin:

Ion Beam Processing

Abe Belkind: Plasmas

Robert Castellano:

Industry Research

Vacuum Sealing

Sputtering Sources

Evaporation Processing

Large Scale Deposition

Deposition Control

Peter Martin: Thin Film Column

Langley & Hinkle: Vacuum Corner

Biswas & Bayer: NanoTechnology

P. Martin: Deposition

Process Tutorial

Solar Cells & Panels

Thin Film

Educational Guide

Vacuum

Processing Educational Guide

MRS Fall Meeting

Photonics West

Product Showcase Chillers & Cryogenic Systems and Heaters

For Vacuum Processing Applications

December

Plasma Processing

Gases & Gas Handling

Metrology

Sputtering

Evaporation

Viacheslav Zhurin:

Ion Beam Processing

Robert Castellano:

Industry Research

Magnetic Media

Ophthalmic Coatings

MEMS

Peter Martin: Thin Film Column

Langley & Hinkle: Vacuum Corner

Biswas & Bayer: NanoTechnology

P. Martin: Deposition

Process Tutorial

Gas Delivery & Diagnostics

Thin Film

Educational Guide

Vacuum

Processing Educational Guide

Product Showcase Vacuum Furnaces

Feedthroughs and Seals

Vacuum Gauges

All listings are subject to availability of suitable material prior to closing, and may be revised or modified.