| The Society of Vacuum Coaters | |
| Type: | 501(c)(6)[1] |
| Tax Id: | 34-6622249 |
| Purpose: | To provide technical excellence by providing a global forum to inform, educate and engage the members, the technical community and the public on all aspects of vacuum coating, surface engineering and related technologies.[2] |
| Headquarters: | P.O. Box 10628 |
| Location: | Albuquerque, NM 87184 |
| Region: | Worldwide |
| Services: | Conferences, Publications, Exhibit, Tutorial Courses, Webinars |
| Membership: | ~800 |
| Owners: | --> |
| Leader Title: | President |
| Leader Name: | Chris Stoessel[3] |
| Leader Title2: | Executive Director |
| Leader Name2: | Frank Zimone |
| Revenue: | 1,134,205 USD |
| Revenue Year: | 2017 |
| Expenses: | 1,174,190 USD |
| Expenses Year: | 2017 |
| Staff: | 1 |
| Staff Year: | 2017 |
| Volunteers: | 25 |
| Volunteers Year: | 2017 |
The Society of Vacuum Coaters is a non-profit, international, professional organisation for individuals who are involved in depositing films and coatings in vacuum or rarefied environments for surface engineering purposes.[4]
Vacuum coatings are deposited by sputtering, vacuum deposition, ion plating, ion beam deposition, laser ablation, atomic layer deposition, or plasma arc techniques.[5] [6]
The international membership includes scientists, engineers, and technologists from industry, academic, private, and national research institutes.
The organises technical conferences, trade exhibitions, and educational programs for professionals and hosts an annual Technical Conference & Exhibition (TechCon).[7]
The provides up-to-date information on coatings and surface modification by other techniques, including atmospheric plasmas, chemical vapour deposition, and printing.
The scope of applications includes functional coatings used in optics, architectural and vehicle glass industry, electronics, transportation industry, aerospace, industrial, decorative products, anti-counterfeiting, military, packaging and medical fields.
The publishes Technical Conference Proceedings each year.[8] Reference volumes are available in print or online through the website. In agreement, Elsevier publishes selected peer-reviewed papers from TechCon in the journal of Surface and Coating Technology. The established the SVC Foundation in 2002 for scholarship and travel awards to TechCon for students.