Equipment and Materials ♦ news digest


Proposed final dividend increased by 11.6% to 7.23 pence, giving a total dividend for the year of 10.0 pence (2011: 9.0 pence)


Jonathan Flint, Chief Executive of Oxford Instruments plc, comments, “We are now two months into the second year of our 14 Cubed plan. Trading to date has been in line with our expectations and our markets remain strong despite continued economic uncertainty, particularly in Europe.”


“A healthy pipeline of new product introductions is in place and we are investing across the business to increase efficiency, strengthen our market positions and drive further profitable growth. We are well positioned to build on the opportunities presented by emerging markets and to take advantage of new applications and technologies as they arise. We continue to look for bolt-on acquisitions to complement our existing businesses,” he adds.


“A changing market presents interesting opportunities as well as challenges and we are confident that we have the structure, products and talent in place to make further progress in the current year and beyond.”


He will develop Indium Corporation’s marketing strategies, while bringing insights learned from their technical team to further product development efforts.


Indium Corporation’s compounds business includes indium trichloride (InCl3), gallium trichloride (GaCl3), germanium tetrachloride (GeCl4), as well as a full range of oxides.


Robert Ploessl joined Indium Corporation in 2010. He holds a doctorate in physics from the University of Regensburg in Germany and an MBA from the S.C. Johnson Graduate School of Management at Cornell University. He is based at Indium Corporation’s Global Headquarters in Clinton, NY, and resides in New Hartford.


Indium Corporation is a materials supplier to the global electronics, semiconductor, solar, thin- film, and thermal management markets. Products include solders, preforms, and fluxes; brazes; sputter targets; indium, gallium, germanium and tin compounds, and high purity metals; and Reactive NanoFoil. Founded in 1934, Indium Corporation


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Indium Corporation’s Ploessl promoted to Compounds Product Manager


In this new position, Ploessl will work with Indium’s global team of engineering, sales, operations, and R & D professionals to capitalise on the growth of LEDs, metal organic precursors, power storage systems, fibre optics, and next generation OLED displays


Indium Corporation has appointed Robert Ploessl as Product Manager for indium, gallium, germanium and tin compounds.


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