PRESS RELEASE

The 2008 of the Society of Vacuum Cleaners' (SVC) 51st TechCon will take place April 21-22, in Chicago. The program will address a number of technological breakthroughs and point to the most important, promising, and attractive developments for the future. Session topics will include:

• Symposium on Clean Technology Energy Conversion and Storage.
• High Power Impulse Magnetron Sputtering (HIPIMS).
• Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Applications of Vacuum Processes and Coatings.
• Optical Coating.
• Large Area Coating.
• Plasma Processing.
• Vacuum Web Coating.
• Tribological and Decorative Coatings.
• Process Modeling and Control.

There also will be an innovator's showcase, exhibit, poster session with annual award for best poster, education program, networking breakfast, and the popular "Meet the Experts" corner. For more information, see svc.org.

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