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CIGS photovoltaics – still massive growth potential

Posted by Charles Bishop on August 16, 2011
I find it both amusing and depressing to read some of the stories that hit the technical press.  A current one that falls into this category was the announcement that Veeco is getting out of the business of making and selling CIGS deposition systems.  Veeco had been buying companies to ena...

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Markets: Never a constant

Posted by Charles Bishop on March 28, 2011
Markets are never constant; they change for a variety of reasons. Currently, China is growing so rapidly that it is consuming at an enormous rate, and as it is unable to satisfy its own demands, is importing large quantities of material. This situation will last for only a short time. Not only is Ch...

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Market good news

Posted by Charles Bishop on February 17, 2011
It was good to see in the February edition of Paper Film & Foil Converter (PFFC) the article by Bill Llewellyn stating that even in the depths of the latest recession the market for metalized film grew and continues to grow. It is still dominated by the growth in India and China with South Ameri...

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Dr. Charles A. Bishop

Charles is a toolmaker by trade after completing a mechanical engineering apprenticeship. He then entered University and obtained a Bachelors degree in materials engineering with a Diploma in Industrial Studies. During his final year he first started work on vacuum based research, helping develop a process for manufacturing titanium based bone implants for tendon location. He went on to obtain a Masters degree and Doctorate following further research into vacuum deposition processes. During this time and as a postgraduate he also worked as a consultant.

Charles next spent time in industry working for various divisions of ICI including polyesters, nylon, Imagedata, Flex Products Inc., and explosives as well as contributing to other projects. In 1998 he took the opportunity to return to consultancy work and set up his own company.

Charles has more than 30 years experience in vacuum deposition mainly onto flexible webs. He has regularly contributed papers to conferences and recently has edited this blog on behalf of AIMCAL as well as being one of their presenters for various webinars and the more formal Converting School courses.

Charles has also published 2 books, Vacuum deposition onto webs, films and foils and Roll-to-roll vacuum deposition of barrier coatings.