NOR-CAL PRODUCTS, INC.PO Box 518, 1967 South Oregon Street, Yreka, CA 96097
530/842-4457 Fax 530/842-9130
800/824-4166
E-mail ncsales@n-c.com
Craig Hill, CEO
Tom Deany, President and General Manager
Sean Mallory, Vice President of Sales
Company Profile
Nor-Cal Products’ origins date back to 1948 when the company’s predecessor began designing and manufacturing stainless steel vacuum pumping stations for the dairy industry. With the development of the ion pump by Varian Associates ten years later, the vacuum industry began a rapid growth that has never slowed.
In response to the demand for the machining and metal forming required for vacuum applications, our company underwent a reorganization and Nor-Cal Products was formed in 1962. Since the vacuum industry’s infancy we have kept abreast of the latest technologies and equipment in order to supply our customers with reliable vacuum components at a reasonable price.
Nor-Cal was mainly an OEM manufacturer for companies like Varian, UTI, Applied Materials, Edwards High Vacuum and Perkin-Elmer until 1978 when we produced a thirty-page catalog of standard components. Our latest catalog has more than 200 pages of standard products. OEM and custom products, such as vacuum chambers, still make up a large portion of our annual sales.
Our 85,000 square foot corporate headquarters and manufacturing facility are located in Yreka, California. Approximately 200 employees manufacture nearly all of our products there and manage a worldwide network of sales representatives and stocking distributors. In 1997 Nor-Cal Products established a 4,000 square foot research and development facility in San Diego, California.
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Products, Services and Markets
Over the years our customer base has been drawn from all segments of the vacuum industry. Our components are used in almost every phase of semiconductor processing. We are a preferred supplier to several semiconductor and compound semiconductor equipment manufacturers and supply mechanical contractors during fab construction.
Industrial and academic researchers are frequent purchasers of standard, modified standard and custom components for physical, chemical and electrochemical experiments. Other customers who have come to value our experience are involved with thin film deposition, surface analysis, laser devices and aerospace.
In addition to over 4000 standard high and ultra-high vacuum components, Nor-Cal fabricates custom chambers, manifolds, baseplates, manipulators, feedthroughs and foreline traps. Nor-Cal’s engineering staff can produce manufacturing drawings from customer specifications or sketches and oversee production of first articles. All valves and manipulators are assembled, cleaned and packaged in a class 1000 clean room. In-house electropolishing and chem-cleaning is available.
Our experience coupled with a broad product offering allows us to integrate components, providing comprehensive downstream solutions to semiconductor fabs and equipment manufacturers. To improve overall system performance and achieve customer defined goals, a thorough evaluation of the system is conducted. A cost of ownership model can be provided showing payback as a result of increased tool utilization and decreased planned and unplanned maintenance costs.
Foreline traps, thermal products, pressure control valves, soft start valves and foreline weldments can be provided as turnkey foreline modules. Thermal and vacuum characterization can be performed at Nor-Cal before the assembly is supplied, leak checked, blanked off and clean room packaged.
On request, Nor-Cal can assemble an entire system including chamber, frame, pumps, gauges, valves, manipulators and other components to customer specifications. Our vacuum technicians can complete a thorough qualification of system performance, including time to base pressure and RGA scan, before the system is back filled with nitrogen and shipped to the customer. Please call for your free catalog today. 1-800-824-4166