MUSTANG VACUUM SYSTEMS
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About Mustang

Mustang Vacuum Systems manufactures top quality vacuum coating / vacuum metallizing equipment, including sputtering machines, optical coating units, and batch metallizers.

Located in Sarasota, Florida, Mustang Vacuum Systems, LLC, is an affiliate of Mustang Dynamometer. The Mustang Group has been in business over 25 years.

Mustang Vacuum Systems products include: PECVD metallizers, fast-cycle small batch sputtering equipment, and a full line of “Plug and Play” optical coating systems. The hottest unit is the Colt 48^®, a small batch fast-cycle dual-door sputtering machine that incorporates both sputtering and an environmentally friendly topcoating process in a single chamber. It is designed to work in conjunction with an injection molding press with maximum efficiency, and supports the leanest manufacturing requirements. The Colt 48 has been enthusiastically received as the fastest, most reliable sputtering machine available to date and is quickly becoming the ‘workhorse’ of the vacuum coating industry.

Career Opportunites

Mechanical Engineer: BS and experience preferred, design and layout. Attractive pay and
benefits package. Get more details on this opportunity.

European Sales and Service Tech

Sales Engineer

Electrical Assembly

Field Service Technician

Software / Controls Engineer

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News / Events

News on Mustang Vacuum & Mustang Solar:

Come See Us in Hamburg this September--

September 5-8, 2011 - Mustang Solar will be at the European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference & Exhibition in Hamburg, Germany, Booth B1U/A11

The following has been excerpted from:
Enterprise Florida's February 2011 Trend Watch: The Skinny on Thin Film

Is it the falling cost of raw materials or the rising efficiency in competing technologies that is squeezing thin film? According to Lux Research, it’s both. Crystalline silicon (specifically mc-Si), the prevalent solar module technology, has remained highly profitable due to falling prices for polysilicon and new developments that are projected to raise its efficiency from 14.0% in 2009 to 16.1% in 2015. But some thin film technologies have advantages that may give them the upper leg in the long run.

Lux Research estimates that emerging thin film technologies such as cadmium telluride (CdTe), and copper indium gallium diselenide (CIGS) are best positioned to stay competitive. In the case of CdTe, it is its unbeatable low cost that will keep it most profitable. For CIGS, it’s the dramatic drop in cost as well as efficiency improvements that will make it competitive. It remains to be seen, however, whether material costs, scalability, efficiency, design or some other factor will matter most in the battle for market share and profits.

Besides its strengths in thin film research, Florida is known for its production capabilities. Some of the notable organizations in both of these areas include:

Mustang Vacuum's (Sarasota) thin-film deposition technologies are designed to optimize the solar cell manufacturing process with excellent uniform coatings, able to be produced in less time and minimum waste of materials.

Full article: http://www.eflorida.com/myeflorida/newsletter/ce_13.html

Mustang Vacuum Systems Chooses Matsubo As Its New Japanese Representative

SARASOTA, FL, USA - February 1, 2011– Mustang Vacuum Systems (MVS), a manufacturer of vacuum deposition equipment, today announced it has chosen Matsubo Corporation of Japan as its representative. “We are very pleased to have such a well respected and established partner as Matsubo in Japan,” said Richard Greenwell, President of MVS.

Matsubo is a trading company that introduces the latest Japanese and overseas equipment, machinery, and technology for food, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, steel and non-ferrous metals, paper, and electronics to our customers. Matsubo's business is not only to act as an import agent for machinery and equipment, but to provide total support including consulting prior to introduction, engineering services for installation and localization, and provide maintenance and propose improvements and modifications after introduction. (For further information on Matsubo, please visit their website: http://www.matsubo.co.jp/english/ ) "We are delighted to be working with Mustang Vacuum Systems, as they expand their presence in the Japanese market," said Yasuhiro Nakajima, President of Matsubo Corporation.

Mustang Vacuum is a global supplier of industrial thin film deposition equipment to the automotive, industrial, optical and decorative markets, based in Sarasota, Florida, USA.
The Colt 48^® small batch fast cycle PVD system has become a standard in the automotive headlamp and tail lamp reflector markets around the world, along with Mustang’s line of Vertical Metal Evaporation Systems. The fast cycle time of these products combined with exceptional uptime and low cost of ownership has driven demand for Mustang products around the world.

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Mustang Solar receives Green Technology Grant(pdf)

Mustang Solar introduces ORION Series roll to roll deposition platform

SARASOTA, FL - January 21, 2010 – Mustang Solar today announced the Orion Series, a roll to roll deposition platform designed to meet the unique challenges of the flexible thin film PV manufacturing processes. Customizable, the Orion Series is designed as a platform with flexible configurations to meet individual process requirements within a standardized proven production tool set. The flexible design makes future upgrades and process changes easy, enabling customers to cost effectively increase cell efficiencies as their process evolves.
Technical highlights of the line:

PECVD, CVD, Evaporation as well as Planar or Rotatable magnetron deposition processes can be configured in up to 14 different deposition positions at temperatures up to 500C and base pressure of 5 x 10-7torr.
AC / DC, Pulsed DC or RF disciplines supported with fully automated power management
Dual directional deposition allows for deposition in either direction at up to 10 meters per minute for substrates up to 1 meter wide.
Tools for Front Contact, Back Contact, and Absorber Layers for CIGS & CdTe

Richard Greenwell, President of Mustang Solar, explains: “We, at Mustang, have been able to successfully scale customers’ processes to production level, and build equipment that works. We’re making roll-to-roll solar cell production easier, with machines that offer greater efficiency and higher throughput, producing excellent uniform coatings. Mustang is thrilled to be able to bring a long-awaited proven industrial solution to PV production customers.”

Mustang Solar is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Mustang Vacuum Systems, offering industrial production equipment, specifically designed for the photovoltaic solar market. Mustang Vacuum Systems (www.mustangvac.com) is a leading manufacturer of vacuum coating / metalizing equipment, featuring world-class deposition technology that provides superior coating results to various markets, from automotive to decorative.

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