Parmod VLT inks
At the leading edge of industry innovations

Driven by the need to reduce the cost of managing inventories, manufacturers and distributors across all industries are rapidly transitioning from bar codes and magnetic strips to Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology. Goods moving through the supply chain can be tracked in real time, resulting in better customer service. Post September 11th, security and identification systems are proliferating at public and private events, and are becoming part of our daily lives. Membrane Switches continue to play a pivotal role in user-friendly industrial controls, medical electronics, communications and automotive electronics. To keep pace with the demands of silicon chip technology, the challenge for the semiconductor packaging industry is to produce High Density Interconnects (HDIC) with improved line densities and microvias to support the needs of today's and tomorrow's new high density, CSP and BGA packages.

Parmod VLT uses Smarter Technology to meet these demands. Its high conductivity and cost-effectiveness opens up a vast potential of new design opportunities. And with its easy two-step print and thermal cure process, Parmod VLT is Simpler Manufacturing.

RFID

"If our sponsors were to decide today to place tags on every item they manufacture, demand for ICs among sponsors alone could run to several hundred million tags per day."
- MIT Auto-ID Center

The need for improved security and supply chain logistics is driving broad adoption of RFID technology. Projected annual consumption of tens or even hundreds of billions of RFID tags drives the demand for a lower tag cost and Parmod VLT is the solution. Parmod VLT inks have significantly higher conductivity than polymer thick film (PTF) inks, you can achieve the same read distance and performance with less ink - and less ink translates to the lowest cost tags. Today, Parmod VLT can be applied by continuous processes to provide unsurpassed performance. More about Parmod for RFID.

Membrane Switches

"High reliability and quality were the most identified product selection factors cited by OEMs among criteria used in selecting (membrane) switches."
- Venture Development Corporation

Switch manufacturers need every competitive advantage. Parmod VLT's high conductivity translates into denser circuit designs with much finer conductor lines than with traditional PTF inks. Using Parmod VLT, you can print solderable silver circuitry. And that means switch manufacturers can now offer more in-house, value-added services to their customers. Make the switch to Parmod VLT and improve your bottom line. More about Parmod for Membrane Switches.

High Density Interconnects

"Successful semiconductor vendors must have access to leading-edge manufacturing technology because the nature of the semiconductor industry ensures that, ultimately, only those with competitive cost structures will survive."
- The Gartner Group

The Semiconductor Industry Association's Technology roadmap defines an immediate and compelling need for more complex and innovative semiconductor packaging designs, using finer traces and vias to accommodate system-on-chip level silicon. Parmod VLT inks and pastes are ideally suited for quick and affordable printing of fine-pitch conductor lines, metallizing microvias as fine as 30 microns and for micro-machining and filling of features at 12 microns or less. More about Parmod for HDIC.