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Polar
Vision to be Exclusive Distributor of OCLI HEA 2000 in N.A.
& Europe
Santa Rosa,
California, May 13 - Polar Vision Inc., a DuPont Displays
company, and OCLI, a JDS Uniphase company, announced today
that Polar Vision will have exclusive rights to distribute
OCLI's HEA® 2000™ and HEA® Protect™ antireflection
display enhancement products in North America and
Europe.
The agreement
brings together OCLI's capabilities in designing and
producing high performance thin film coatings with Polar
Vision's expertise in lamination and its extensive sales and
marketing channels. The partnership will offer HEA 2000 on a
worldwide level. Benefits of OCLI's antireflection coatings
include superior durability for longer product life,
excellent surface quality for high fabrication yields,
standard coatings for OEM design flexibility, and
competitive pricing, the company said.
"With
unparalleled sales channels and dedicated manufacturing
representatives, Polar Vision was a clear choice as
distribution partner," said Tony McGettigan, director
of OCLI's display business unit. " Polar Vision will
also be able to utilize the sales force of NEC and Arrow
Electronics, who already carry Polar Vision products.
Information: http://www.ocli.com,
www.polarvision.com.
Fruits of
TLC-Toyo Alliance to be Exhibited at SID
Phoenix,
Arizona, May 10 - TLC International announced today that it
recently solidified an alliance with Toyo Industrial Co,
Ltd. of Osaka, Japan. TLC will distribute Toyo's
electric-discharge-ground, long-life, tungsten carbide
wheels to high-tech industrial manufacturers throughout the
world at competitive pricing, and the wheel will be
available on the TLC's Phoenix-600 High Accuracy
Rectilinear/SHAPES Glass Cutter.
The
combination of the Toyo TAP (vibrating) wheel and TLC's
calibrated wheel-placement accuracy, permits the Phoenix-600
to provide close tolerances, high throughput, clean
afterbreak edge quality, and high yields for all thin,
flat-glass applications, said Marketing Director Maribeth
Linden. "At approximately half the cost of comparable
equipment available in the world today, TLC's equipment
remains the leader as the most affordable single-head,
computer-controlled, mechanical glass cutter for curvilinear
and/or rectilinear parts," Linden said.
The TLC
Phoenix-600 and Toyo's new "Deep Cut" wheel will
be demonstrated in Booth 2327 at SID) 2002 in Boston,
Massachusetts, May 21-23).
Information: www.tlcinternational.com.
