APS To Merge With March Plasma Systems - March Plasma Systems

Concord, CA - October 2002 - March Plasma Systems announces the intent to integrate with Advanced Plasma Systems under the March name. Production, applications support and contract services for the printed circuit board (PCB) products will remain in Florida at the St. Petersburg facility.

APS specializes in the manufacture of plasma treatment systems used in the fabrication of PCB products; March Plasma Systems provides similar products specially designed for the semiconductor industry. With this change, March, a wholly owned subsidiary of Nordson, now offers a complete range of plasma treatment systems that address all markets.

According to Peter Bierhuis, President of March Plasma Systems and APS, "Merging APS into March Plasma Systems allows us to create a single corporate entity devoted to the plasma business. Combining our expert teams of scientists and engineers allows us to leverage our shared technologies into new products and applications."
March Plasma Systems is the leader in gas plasma technology for the micro and opto-electronic packaging, PCB and webbed material industries. Batch systems are available in several chamber sizes with multiple-shelf configurations to accommodate magazines, strips, circuit boards, wafer and process carriers. In-line systems can support multiple substrates or carriers per run, and are SMEMA-compatible.

March Plasma Systems (International Headquarters)
Peter Bierhuis
March Plasma Systems, Inc.
4057 Port Chicago Highway
Concord, CA, USA 94520-1122