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==History==
==History==
[[File:Phoseon Technology headquarters - Hillsboro, Oregon.JPG|thumb|Company headquarters in Hillsboro, Oregon]]
[[File:Phoseon Technology headquarters - Hillsboro, Oregon.JPG|thumb|Company headquarters in Hillsboro, Oregon]]
Phoseon was founded by Mark Owen, Francois Vlach, and Christopher O'Leary in 2002 with a single product.<ref name="new light">{{cite news|url=http://portland.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2003/04/21/focus2.html|title=Phoseon Technology: Shedding a new light|last=Earnshaw|first=Aliza|date=April 18, 2003|work=Portland Business Journal|accessdate=26 March 2010}}</ref><ref name="owen">{{cite news|url=http://portland.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2009/11/02/story7.html|title=Puralytics seeks splash in $3.2 billion water business|last=Siemers|first=Erik|date=October 30, 2009|work=Portland Business Journal|accessdate=26 March 2010}}</ref> Owen had helped develop the product while working for [[Agilent Technologies]] while Vlach negotiated the rights to it from the company after they declined to pursue the invention commercially.<ref name="new light"/> The product, the FX-B, is a fluorescent inspection system that utilizes a UV LED radion module as a light source.<ref name="new light"/> Phoseon had grown to 20 employees by October 2003 and expanded to offices in Asia and Europe.<ref name="ends">{{cite news|url=http://portland.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2003/10/06/smallb2.html|title=Phoseon ends year with products and investors|last=Earnshaw|first=Aliza|date=October 3, 2003|work=Portland Business Journal|accessdate=26 March 2010}}</ref>
Phoseon was founded by Mark Owen, Francois Vlach, and Christopher O'Leary in 2002 with a single product.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Theen |first1=Andrew |title=Hillsboro LED company caters to the globe |url=https://www.oregonlive.com/hillsboro/2012/07/hillsboro_led_company_caters_t.html |access-date=10 January 2024 |work=The Oregonian/OregonLive |date=12 July 2012 |language=en}}</ref><ref name="new light">{{cite news|url=http://portland.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2003/04/21/focus2.html|title=Phoseon Technology: Shedding a new light|last=Earnshaw|first=Aliza|date=April 18, 2003|work=Portland Business Journal|accessdate=26 March 2010}}</ref><ref name="owen">{{cite news|url=http://portland.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2009/11/02/story7.html|title=Puralytics seeks splash in $3.2 billion water business|last=Siemers|first=Erik|date=October 30, 2009|work=Portland Business Journal|accessdate=26 March 2010}}</ref> Owen had helped develop the product while working for [[Agilent Technologies]] while Vlach negotiated the rights to it from the company after they declined to pursue the invention commercially.<ref name="new light"/> The product, the FX-B, is a fluorescent inspection system that utilizes a UV LED radion module as a light source.<ref name="new light"/> Phoseon had grown to 20 employees by October 2003 and expanded to offices in Asia and Europe.<ref name="ends">{{cite news|url=http://portland.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2003/10/06/smallb2.html|title=Phoseon ends year with products and investors|last=Earnshaw|first=Aliza|date=October 3, 2003|work=Portland Business Journal|accessdate=26 March 2010}}</ref>


The company raised US$6.4 million in capital in March 2005 by selling preferred stock to a group of investors that included SmartForest Ventures and PacRim Venture Partners.<ref>{{cite journal|date=April 2006|title=2005 Big Deals List: Private Financings|journal=Oregon Business|publisher=MediAmerica, Inc|location=Portland, Or.|issn=0279-8190|url=http://www.oregonbusiness.com/archives/51-april-2006/1525-2005-big-deals-list-private-financings}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://portland.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2006/01/30/focus10.html|title=Venture capitalists loosen purse strings for startups|last=Earnshaw|first=Aliza|date=January 27, 2006|work=Portland Business Journal|accessdate=26 March 2010}}</ref><ref name="guns">{{cite news|url=http://portland.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2005/03/21/story1.html|title=Phoseon scores by sticking to its guns|last=Aliza |first=Earnshaw|date=March 18, 2005|work=Portland Business Journal|accessdate=26 March 2010}}</ref> The next year Phoseon raised another $1.3 million through a [[convertible debt]] offering, upping their total to $9.2 million in capital raised.<ref name="new funds">{{cite news|url=http://portland.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2006/10/02/story12.html|title=Phoseon takes aim at new milestones with new funds|last=Earnshaw|first=Aliza|date=September 29, 2006|work=Portland Business Journal|accessdate=26 March 2010}}</ref> At that time the company had grown to 30 employees.<ref name="new funds"/>
The company raised US$6.4 million in capital in March 2005 by selling preferred stock to a group of investors that included SmartForest Ventures and PacRim Venture Partners.<ref>{{cite journal|date=April 2006|title=2005 Big Deals List: Private Financings|journal=Oregon Business|publisher=MediAmerica, Inc|location=Portland, Or.|issn=0279-8190|url=http://www.oregonbusiness.com/archives/51-april-2006/1525-2005-big-deals-list-private-financings}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://portland.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2006/01/30/focus10.html|title=Venture capitalists loosen purse strings for startups|last=Earnshaw|first=Aliza|date=January 27, 2006|work=Portland Business Journal|accessdate=26 March 2010}}</ref><ref name="guns">{{cite news|url=http://portland.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2005/03/21/story1.html|title=Phoseon scores by sticking to its guns|last=Aliza |first=Earnshaw|date=March 18, 2005|work=Portland Business Journal|accessdate=26 March 2010}}</ref> The next year Phoseon raised another $1.3 million through a [[convertible debt]] offering, upping their total to $9.2 million in capital raised.<ref name="new funds">{{cite news|url=http://portland.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2006/10/02/story12.html|title=Phoseon takes aim at new milestones with new funds|last=Earnshaw|first=Aliza|date=September 29, 2006|work=Portland Business Journal|accessdate=26 March 2010}}</ref> At that time the company had grown to 30 employees.<ref name="new funds"/>


Co-founder Mark Owen left the company in 2007.<ref name="owen"/> He had been replaced as CEO in December 2006, but had remained on the company's board until 2012.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://portland.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2006/12/25/daily27.html|title=Phoseon names new CEO|date=December 29, 2006|work=Portland Business Journal|accessdate=26 March 2010}}</ref> In 2010, Phoseon was a finalist for Rising Star of the Year for the Oregon Technology Awards.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2010/03/2010_oregon_technology_awards.html|title=2010 Oregon Technology Awards finalists named|last=The Oregonian|date=March 12, 2010|work=[[The Oregonian]]|accessdate=14 March 2010}}</ref>
Co-founder Mark Owen left the company in 2007.<ref name="owen"/> He had been replaced as CEO in December 2006, but had remained on the company's board until 2012.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://portland.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2006/12/25/daily27.html|title=Phoseon names new CEO|date=December 29, 2006|work=Portland Business Journal|accessdate=26 March 2010}}</ref> In 2010, Phoseon was a finalist for Rising Star of the Year for the Oregon Technology Awards.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2010/03/2010_oregon_technology_awards.html|title=2010 Oregon Technology Awards finalists named|last=The Oregonian|date=March 12, 2010|work=[[The Oregonian]]|accessdate=14 March 2010}}</ref> Phoseon donated UV ink curing equipment to [[Clemson University]] in 2019.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Rogers |first1=Kayla |title=Phoseon Technology donates UV LED curing system to the Sonoco Institute's Advanced Print Lab |url=https://news.clemson.edu/phoseon-technology-donates-uv-led-curing-system-to-the-sonoco-institutes-advanced-print-lab/ |website=Clemson News |access-date=10 January 2024 |date=4 February 2019}}</ref> The company was purchased by Excelitas Technologies in 2023.<ref>{{cite web |title=Excelitas Technologies Acquires Phoseon Technology |url=https://www.inkworldmagazine.com/issues/2023-04-01/view_breaking-news/excelitas-technologies-acquires-phoseon-technology/32820?widget=listSection |website=Ink World |access-date=10 January 2024}}</ref>


==Products==
==Products==
Phoseon has several products. Their main product uses ultraviolet light produced by [[light emitting diodes]] (LEDs) in industrial applications, specifically for curing adhesives, coatings, and ink.<ref name="new funds"/><ref name="uvr">{{cite journal|last= Mills|first=Paul|date=2005|title=Phoseon LEDs-Changing how UV works|journal=North American Automotive UV Consortium Report|volume=1|issue=1|url=http://www.uvrobotics.com/files/consortium_newsletter_winter_05.pdf}}</ref><ref name="converting">{{cite journal|editor=Mark Spaulding|date=February 20, 2009|title=UV-LED Printing Looks Promising|journal=Converting Magazine|url=http://www.convertingmagazine.com/article/CA6638163.html|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090601221905/http://www.convertingmagazine.com/article/CA6638163.html|archivedate=June 1, 2009}}</ref> Phoseon calls their product Semiconductor Light Matrix (SLM), which does not use mercury and is a solid-state electronic technology.<ref name="uvr"/><ref name="converting"/><ref>{{cite journal|editor=Tim Wright|date=April 2006|title=Rad-cure Coatings Market: the Advantages of UV/EB Coating Technology Offer Coatings Manufacturers and Raw Material Suppliers Tremendous Opportunities for Growth|journal=Coatings World|url=http://www.coatingsworld.com/articles/2006/04/radcure-coatings-market.php}}</ref> Their UV product can also be used in DVD manufacturing.<ref name="guns"/>
Phoseon has several products. Their main product uses ultraviolet light produced by [[light emitting diodes]] (LEDs) in industrial applications, specifically for curing adhesives, coatings, and ink.<ref name="new funds"/><ref name="uvr">{{cite journal|last= Mills|first=Paul|date=2005|title=Phoseon LEDs-Changing how UV works|journal=North American Automotive UV Consortium Report|volume=1|issue=1|url=http://www.uvrobotics.com/files/consortium_newsletter_winter_05.pdf}}</ref><ref name="converting">{{cite journal|editor=Mark Spaulding|date=February 20, 2009|title=UV-LED Printing Looks Promising|journal=Converting Magazine|url=http://www.convertingmagazine.com/article/CA6638163.html|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090601221905/http://www.convertingmagazine.com/article/CA6638163.html|archivedate=June 1, 2009}}</ref> Phoseon calls their product Semiconductor Light Matrix (SLM), which does not use mercury and is a solid-state electronic technology.<ref name="uvr"/><ref name="converting"/><ref>{{cite journal|editor=Tim Wright|date=April 2006|title=Rad-cure Coatings Market: the Advantages of UV/EB Coating Technology Offer Coatings Manufacturers and Raw Material Suppliers Tremendous Opportunities for Growth|journal=Coatings World|url=http://www.coatingsworld.com/articles/2006/04/radcure-coatings-market.php}}</ref> Their UV product can also be used in DVD manufacturing.<ref name="guns"/> The company's products are also used for disinfecting.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Dutton |first1=Gail |title=Phoseon Technology's UV LEDs Detect and Disinfect |journal=Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News |date=11 Jun 2018 |volume=38 |issue=12 |url=https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/full/10.1089/gen.38.12.05 |access-date=10 January 2024}}</ref>


Past products have included [[Microelectromechanical systems]] (MEMS),<ref>{{cite news|url=http://portland.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2003/07/28/smallb1.html|title=Phoseon illuminates opportunities|last=Earnshaw|first=Aliza |date=July 25, 2003|work=Portland Business Journal|accessdate=26 March 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://portland.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2003/05/26/smallb2.html|title=Phoseon grapples with typical growing pains|last=Earnshaw|first=Aliza|date=May 23, 2003|work=Portland Business Journal|accessdate=26 March 2010}}</ref> and a product that utilizes [[infrared]] technology for inspecting [[semiconductors]] that was sold off in 2007 to Viscom AG.<ref name="new funds"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gptpartners.com/news/news_2007_08_23.htm|title=Viscom AG Acquires MX Product Family for Inspection of Semiconductor Products from Phoseon Technology Inc.|date=August 23, 2007|publisher=GrowthPoint Technology Partners, LLC.|accessdate=26 March 2010|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090208071014/http://www.gptpartners.com/news/news_2007_08_23.htm|archivedate=8 February 2009}}</ref> In March 2018, Phoseon Technology introduced UV LED microplate with KeyPro™ KP100 decontamination system.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.labmanager.com/news/2018/03/phoseon-technology-introduces-high-intensity-uv-led-microplate-decontamination-system#.WztG0tIzbIU|title=Phoseon Technology Introduces High-Intensity UV LED Microplate Decontamination System {{!}} Lab Manager|work=Lab Manager|access-date=2018-07-03}}</ref>
Past products have included [[Microelectromechanical systems]] (MEMS),<ref>{{cite news|url=http://portland.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2003/07/28/smallb1.html|title=Phoseon illuminates opportunities|last=Earnshaw|first=Aliza |date=July 25, 2003|work=Portland Business Journal|accessdate=26 March 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://portland.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2003/05/26/smallb2.html|title=Phoseon grapples with typical growing pains|last=Earnshaw|first=Aliza|date=May 23, 2003|work=Portland Business Journal|accessdate=26 March 2010}}</ref> and a product that utilizes [[infrared]] technology for inspecting [[semiconductors]] that was sold off in 2007 to Viscom AG.<ref name="new funds"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gptpartners.com/news/news_2007_08_23.htm|title=Viscom AG Acquires MX Product Family for Inspection of Semiconductor Products from Phoseon Technology Inc.|date=August 23, 2007|publisher=GrowthPoint Technology Partners, LLC.|accessdate=26 March 2010|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090208071014/http://www.gptpartners.com/news/news_2007_08_23.htm|archivedate=8 February 2009}}</ref> In March 2018, Phoseon Technology introduced UV LED microplate with KeyPro™ KP100 decontamination system.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.labmanager.com/news/2018/03/phoseon-technology-introduces-high-intensity-uv-led-microplate-decontamination-system#.WztG0tIzbIU|title=Phoseon Technology Introduces High-Intensity UV LED Microplate Decontamination System {{!}} Lab Manager|work=Lab Manager|access-date=2018-07-03}}</ref>
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*[http://www.faqs.org/patents/asn/32450 Phoseon patents]
*[http://www.faqs.org/patents/asn/32450 Phoseon patents]
*[http://www.ledinside.com/Phoseon_Technology_20090922 ''LED inside'']
*[http://www.ledinside.com/Phoseon_Technology_20090922 ''LED inside'']
*[http://www.oregonlive.com/hillsboro/index.ssf/2012/07/hillsboro_led_company_caters_t.html Hillsboro LED company caters to the globe] - ''The Oregonian''


[[Category:Companies based in Hillsboro, Oregon]]
[[Category:Companies based in Hillsboro, Oregon]]

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Phoseon Technology
Company typePrivate
IndustryTechnology
Founded2002; 22 years ago (2002)
HeadquartersHillsboro, Oregon, USA
45°32′50″N 122°54′9″W / 45.54722°N 122.90250°W / 45.54722; -122.90250
Key people
Bill Cortelyou, CEO
Websitewww.phoseon.com

Phoseon Technology is a privately owned electronic manufacturing company based in Hillsboro in the U.S. state of Oregon. Founded in 2002, the company makes products that use ultraviolet light produced by light emitting diodes (LED) that are used for curing products in industrial settings. Phoseon is located in the Portland metropolitan area and has offices in Europe and Asia. Bill Cortelyou is the chief executive officer and president of the firm.

History[edit]

Company headquarters in Hillsboro, Oregon

Phoseon was founded by Mark Owen, Francois Vlach, and Christopher O'Leary in 2002 with a single product.[1][2][3] Owen had helped develop the product while working for Agilent Technologies while Vlach negotiated the rights to it from the company after they declined to pursue the invention commercially.[2] The product, the FX-B, is a fluorescent inspection system that utilizes a UV LED radion module as a light source.[2] Phoseon had grown to 20 employees by October 2003 and expanded to offices in Asia and Europe.[4]

The company raised US$6.4 million in capital in March 2005 by selling preferred stock to a group of investors that included SmartForest Ventures and PacRim Venture Partners.[5][6][7] The next year Phoseon raised another $1.3 million through a convertible debt offering, upping their total to $9.2 million in capital raised.[8] At that time the company had grown to 30 employees.[8]

Co-founder Mark Owen left the company in 2007.[3] He had been replaced as CEO in December 2006, but had remained on the company's board until 2012.[9] In 2010, Phoseon was a finalist for Rising Star of the Year for the Oregon Technology Awards.[10] Phoseon donated UV ink curing equipment to Clemson University in 2019.[11] The company was purchased by Excelitas Technologies in 2023.[12]

Products[edit]

Phoseon has several products. Their main product uses ultraviolet light produced by light emitting diodes (LEDs) in industrial applications, specifically for curing adhesives, coatings, and ink.[8][13][14] Phoseon calls their product Semiconductor Light Matrix (SLM), which does not use mercury and is a solid-state electronic technology.[13][14][15] Their UV product can also be used in DVD manufacturing.[7] The company's products are also used for disinfecting.[16]

Past products have included Microelectromechanical systems (MEMS),[17][18] and a product that utilizes infrared technology for inspecting semiconductors that was sold off in 2007 to Viscom AG.[8][19] In March 2018, Phoseon Technology introduced UV LED microplate with KeyPro™ KP100 decontamination system.[20]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Theen, Andrew (12 July 2012). "Hillsboro LED company caters to the globe". The Oregonian/OregonLive. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
  2. ^ a b c Earnshaw, Aliza (April 18, 2003). "Phoseon Technology: Shedding a new light". Portland Business Journal. Retrieved 26 March 2010.
  3. ^ a b Siemers, Erik (October 30, 2009). "Puralytics seeks splash in $3.2 billion water business". Portland Business Journal. Retrieved 26 March 2010.
  4. ^ Earnshaw, Aliza (October 3, 2003). "Phoseon ends year with products and investors". Portland Business Journal. Retrieved 26 March 2010.
  5. ^ "2005 Big Deals List: Private Financings". Oregon Business. Portland, Or.: MediAmerica, Inc. April 2006. ISSN 0279-8190.
  6. ^ Earnshaw, Aliza (January 27, 2006). "Venture capitalists loosen purse strings for startups". Portland Business Journal. Retrieved 26 March 2010.
  7. ^ a b Aliza, Earnshaw (March 18, 2005). "Phoseon scores by sticking to its guns". Portland Business Journal. Retrieved 26 March 2010.
  8. ^ a b c d Earnshaw, Aliza (September 29, 2006). "Phoseon takes aim at new milestones with new funds". Portland Business Journal. Retrieved 26 March 2010.
  9. ^ "Phoseon names new CEO". Portland Business Journal. December 29, 2006. Retrieved 26 March 2010.
  10. ^ The Oregonian (March 12, 2010). "2010 Oregon Technology Awards finalists named". The Oregonian. Retrieved 14 March 2010.
  11. ^ Rogers, Kayla (4 February 2019). "Phoseon Technology donates UV LED curing system to the Sonoco Institute's Advanced Print Lab". Clemson News. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
  12. ^ "Excelitas Technologies Acquires Phoseon Technology". Ink World. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
  13. ^ a b Mills, Paul (2005). "Phoseon LEDs-Changing how UV works" (PDF). North American Automotive UV Consortium Report. 1 (1).
  14. ^ a b Mark Spaulding, ed. (February 20, 2009). "UV-LED Printing Looks Promising". Converting Magazine. Archived from the original on June 1, 2009.
  15. ^ Tim Wright, ed. (April 2006). "Rad-cure Coatings Market: the Advantages of UV/EB Coating Technology Offer Coatings Manufacturers and Raw Material Suppliers Tremendous Opportunities for Growth". Coatings World.
  16. ^ Dutton, Gail (11 Jun 2018). "Phoseon Technology's UV LEDs Detect and Disinfect". Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News. 38 (12). Retrieved 10 January 2024.
  17. ^ Earnshaw, Aliza (July 25, 2003). "Phoseon illuminates opportunities". Portland Business Journal. Retrieved 26 March 2010.
  18. ^ Earnshaw, Aliza (May 23, 2003). "Phoseon grapples with typical growing pains". Portland Business Journal. Retrieved 26 March 2010.
  19. ^ "Viscom AG Acquires MX Product Family for Inspection of Semiconductor Products from Phoseon Technology Inc". GrowthPoint Technology Partners, LLC. August 23, 2007. Archived from the original on 8 February 2009. Retrieved 26 March 2010.
  20. ^ "Phoseon Technology Introduces High-Intensity UV LED Microplate Decontamination System | Lab Manager". Lab Manager. Retrieved 2018-07-03.

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