Marla Bouise Promoted to Senior Account Manager

Valutek is proud to announce that Marla Bouise has been promoted to Senior Account Manager.  Marla has been with Valutek for over 1-year and specializes in saving clients time and money by bundling consumable products together to provide the best overall value.  Marla is an 18-year glove-industry veteran that understands the importance of finding her clients the right glove at the right price.

Don’t forget, we are offering FREE shipping to all credit card orders over $100.  Just enter the coupon code “2012” during checkout!  And our WarehouseWipeout sale is still in effect, click here to view the list that can save you 30% on certain products.

2012 Product Price Listing

Happy New Year from Valutek!

Valutek has officially announced our 2012 price listing.  Our new price listing can be viewed  at Valutek.com on the home page, or by clicking here.  While creating the price list, we worked to isolate our top selling products from our special order products that we usually have a very limited quantity of.

We made room in our warehouse for the high demand products, and in the process we created a list of excess inventory items that can be found on the Valutek.com promotions page, or by clicking here.  The Warehouse Wipeout list of excess and special order product is being offered for 30% off the retail price!  But this is only being offered for a limited time, so contact Valutek today!

We are also happy to celebrate the New Year and offer any credit card order placed over $100 FREE FedEx Ground shipping from now until January 31st, 2012.   All you have to do is enter the promotional code “2012” at the end of checkout!

FREE Shipping for online orders over $100!

Valutek is welcoming the Holidays by offering FREE FedEx ground shipping for all credit card orders placed online over $100! All you have to do is enter HAPPYHOLIDAYS in the coupon code box at the final checkout and you will recieve free shipping.  It is just that easy, but hurry because this offer is only available through December 16, 2011.  Click here to visit valutek.com and pickup all your cleanroom needs.

Happy Holidays!

Valutek Announces Involvement with SUNYIT

President and CEO of Valutek, Greg Heiland, attended the news release November 17, 2011 in Utica, New york.  The announcement was about the exciting plans for partnerships to benefit the future at SUNYIT Campus, creating new jobs and technology in the state of New York.  Read about the full news release by clicking here.

Greg Heiland said, “Valutek is thrilled to be the newest corporate partner at the Computer Chip Commercialization Center at SUNYIT through the relocation of our corporate headquarters, quality testing laboratory, and specialized manufacturing and distribution center.  With the leadership of Assembly Speaker Silver, the Presence of a highly trained workforce in the Mohawk Valley, and the establishment of state-of-the-art infrastructure at SUNYIT and a world-class R&D center at the College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering, we will have all the critical pieces in place to enable future opportunity and growth.”

Pegasus Creates New Videos Filmed at Valutek

Our friends at Pegasus Cleanroom Services provide critical environment cleaning services and information for Biomedical Facilities, Data Centers, Cleanrooms and Electronic Manufacturing Facilities.  The Pegasus team has just updated their online experience by adding a new look and feel to their website. The approach of Pegasus was to make their information easier to find, as well as bringing new information to the table.  The newly created site contains a page of informative videos that were filmed at Valutek’s very own cleanroom.  The videos provide information on everything about proper gowning, cleaning solution preparation and the process of cleaning walls, floors and surfaces.  Look around their new website and let Pegasus know what you think!

How are Gloves Made?

Today Valutek is bringing you a very informative and interesting video that takes you behind the scenes of glove production. Nearly 27 billion disposable gloves were sold in the United States alone, this Valutek sponsored video shows the complete process of how disposable gloves are created. The video shows the complete process that starts with the cleaning of the forms through nitric acid, nylon brushes and filtered water then ends with the final product being blown off at the finish of the dip-line. The video shows this amazing process that involves 4,800 formers and produces approximately 10,200 gloves in a single hour!

The video above is also located on the Valutek website by clicking here. If you would like to view more videos you can follow us on VodPod, follow us on Youtube, visit the Valutek website or go to gsfcc.org and watch the featured GSFCC Videos section on the main page. Also do not forget to visit the Global Society for Contamination Control (GSFCC) at Semicon West 2011 July 12-14 in San Francisco, California. The GSFCC’s booth will be located at the north Hall of the Moscone Center at booth N4.

SEMICON 2011 San Francisco, California July 12-14, 2011

Semicon West 2011 is an exhibit and event show being held July 12-14, 2011 in San Francisco, California.  The event being held at the Moscone Center features 15,000 exhibitors allowing visitors the opportunity to view the latest and greatest technologies involved in semiconductors, printed and flexible electronics, lighting and solar power. The Global Society for Contamination Control (GSFCC) will be one of those featured exhibitors, located at the North Hall of Moscone Center at booth N4. Semicon has been known in the past to be a relatively expensive event to attend, but Semicon West 2011 will feature 140 speakers with around 50 hours of free speaking.  One of these events those in the industry are excited about is the 450mm Wafer Transition Forum.

This forum will host Paolo Gargini, the chairman of International Technology Roadmap for Semiconductors (ITRS), along with many others to discuss the industry-wide discussion about transitioning to a larger 450mm wafer.  The transition to a larger wafer is needed to follow Moore’s Law.  For those that are not familiar with Moore’s law a simple explanation of is that for every two years that pass, the number of transistors that can be inexpensively placed on an integrated circuit doubles.  The 450mm Wafer Transition Forum will be discussing all the information currently in the industry that pertains to the needs, processing, and the challenges involved with the 450mm wafer transition roadmap.

The 450mm Wafer Transition Forum is just one of many interesting events at Semicon West 2011 that will be discussing or revealing the new ideas, technologies, and directions of the industry.  For more information on Semicon West 2011 click here, and click here for the full list events.

Selecting the right wiper for your cleanroom needs

There are many selections when it comes to cleanroom wipers, and you must ensure that the product chosen will be the safest and most efficient for your needs.  Contamination control is the major issue when looking for the correct product, but each industry has appropriate wipers that should be selected for the specific set of parameters.  There are many aspects that need to be considered when choosing a wiper for your industry.  Pre-wetted wipers prove to remove more particles from surfaces than dry wipers.  The choice must be considered between dry and pre-wetted, as pre-wetted may not be applicable to the select industry for potentially being hazardous or inefficient to use on the specified product.  The wiper must abide by your set industry parameters for certain characteristics of cleanliness and contaminants.  Laundered and sealed edge wipers made from synthetic material will provide the highest cleanliness and lowest amount of contaminants.  Click here for a full article with in-depth descriptions about selecting the right wiper for your needs, or if you want more information go directly to the GSFCC.org by clicking here.  Be sure to check back for follow up blogs on selecting cleanroom wipers!

Exploring Engineering and the Sanford Underground Laboratory

There are two very interesting articles about two groups entering cleanrooms that most likely have not in the past.  One is a group of students exploring the thought of pursuing education in engineering and the second is a group of reporters that were allowed to take a tour of an underground laboratory in South Dakota.

A unique summer program in Louisville is inspiring and providing information to teens about engineering’s wide range of fields and were it is applied.  The Brown-Forman INSPIRE program, or Increasing Student Preparedness and Interest in the Requisites for Engineering program, has been offered since 1981.  The program is specifically designed to increase awareness of the diversity of engineering fields for high school students and prepare them for engineering programs in college.  The program allows the students to suit up and enter a cleanroom where nanotechnology and microelectronics are currently being developed.  To read the article and view images of the INSPIRE program, Click here.

 
The second article brings a more complex and scientific look into a cleanroom environment.  Media was allowed to join a tour of the Sanford underground laboratory, a former gold mine 4,850 feet underground that has been rebuilt to conduct “dark matter” experiments.  Throughout the tour media was able to view many interesting scientific processes at work.  They observed a cleanroom where workers wore full body coveralls as they processed copper through acid baths during a purification process, engineers laser scanning the newly constructed cavern where a new lab addition will be built, and a 40 foot high cavern where a 100ton tank of water will be built to conduct a future dark matter experiment.  To read the full article click here or for more information on the Sanford underground Lab click here.

Interview With ETH Professor Christofer Hierold About Nanotechnology

Photo: Philippe Neidhart/ETH Zurich

ETH Zurich Professor Christofer Hierold researches and works with nanotechnology.  ETH, the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich, conducted an interview with Professor Heirold to discuss the structures, materials and applications of nanotechnology.  Professor Heirold talks about his fascination with nanotechnology, how their specific work in their cleanroom would be hazardous if they did not take proper steps to protect themselves with masks, gloves, etc., and how technology has almost unlimited possibilities.  Click here to read the full interview.