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The commercialization of Parylene began with William F. Gorham's work with Union Carbide Corporation (UCC).
1971 - Nova Tran Corporation was established in Clear Lake, WI. Nova Tran purchased a license agreement from UCC to be one of the world's first Parylene service providers.
1984 - Union Carbide Corporation purchased Nova Tran. In 1991, Nova Tran, along with Integrated Technologies, Inc., PHOTOCURE Systems, and UCC Coatings Materials, were combined as a new company called Specialty Coating Systems (SCS). Union Carbide transferred all of the original information and patents regarding the development of Parylene to SCS.
1994 - Cookson Electronics purchased Specialty Coating Systems from Union Carbide.
2005 - Bunker Hill Capital L.P. acquired SCS and will continue to fuel SCS' worldwide leadership and growth initiatives. Click here to see the announcement.
Today the SCS portfolio includes:
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