EoPlex Selected by AlwaysOn as a GoingGreen Top 100 Winner Recognized for game-changing technology and market value
Redwood City, CA – September 17, 2009 - EoPlex Technologies, the company that produces complex electronic components in a high-speed, low-cost, clean tech process, announced that it has been chosen for the third consecutive year as one of the GoingGreen Top 100 Winners. EoPlex was selected by the AlwaysOn editorial team and a panel of industry experts based on a set of five criteria: innovation, market potential, commercialization, stakeholder value and media buzz.
The EoPlex technology is unique in the clean tech space, since both the process and the products that are produced with it contribute to a greener environment. The technology is a new clean additive process that uses proprietary deposition techniques and materials to produce ceramic-metal or metal-polymer components, such as cell phone antennas and micro semiconductor packages. The EoPlex process can replace many older processes, such as etching and plating, that require toxic chemicals or processes, such as machining, that generate fine particle wastes. The EoPlex process also allows new design freedoms and advancements that were not available before Ð all at very low cost. In addition to the process being clean, some of the products the company has demonstrated, such as fuel cell parts and energy harvesters, enable small form-factor, alternative energy sources. The company currently has a factory in Redwood City, California that will have the capacity of producing millions of antennas and IC packages per month.
"We are honored to be selected for the third consecutive year," said Arthur Chait, CEO of EoPlex. "The design freedoms and new design rules that our process provides to our customers enables them to produce better products at lower cost and with much smaller environmental impact."
The GoingGreen 100 winners were selected from among hundreds of other technology companies nominated by investors, bankers, journalists and industry insiders. The AlwaysOn editorial team conducted a rigorous three-month selection process to finalize the 2009 list. "The GoingGreen Top 100 winners have excelled in key strategic areas in the global clean technology markets," said Tony Perkins, founder and CEO of AlwaysOn. "We congratulate them for their success in introducing new tools, services and systems that are driving the next phase of greentech innovation and transforming the biggest industries on earth."
EoPlex and the other GoingGreen Top 100 Companies were honored at the GoingGreen West meeting on September 14-16, 2009 at Cavalla Point in Sausalito, California. This two-and-a-half-day executive event featured CEO presentations and high-level discussions on the most promising emerging green technologies and new entrepreneurial opportunities. A full list of all the GoingGreen Top 100 Winners can be on the Web site at http://alwayson.goingon.com/permalink/post/33354.
About EoPlex Technologies, Inc.
EoPlex Technologies, Inc. is the creator of a new low cost process that is used to manufacture green products. EoPlex produces components using innovative deposition techniques based on custom printing equipment and proprietary "inks" that carry ceramic, metallic or polymer materials to millions of locations. This allows the manufacture of components with integrated chambers, channels, dielectrics, sensors, circuits, reactors, energy scavengers and other features. Many parts are created simultaneously in large panels and at low cost. A further advantage of the process is that it is additive and, as a result, is very environmentally friendly. The company is currently using this technology to manufacture miniature antennas like those used in cell phones, GPS devices and other portable devices. The second product that will be launched in 2010 is a new semiconductor packaging micro-lead frame that will be able to offer better performance and lower cost in many portable devices. EoPlex is a privately held company based in Redwood City, CA and is backed by ATA Ventures, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Labrador Ventures and Draper-Richards.
About AlwaysOn
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