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Joint
Chapter Technical Meeting
"Stories
From The Trenches:
How
a Circuit Board Guy Entered the Solar Cell Industry"
presented by
Don Cullen of MacDermid Waterbury CT
ABSTRACT
Photovoltaics
is the electronics industry’s younger brother. Each industry
shares some DNA – imaged conductors on dielectric material,
layered
substrates, severe cost pressures, high dependence on innovation and
rapidly evolving electrical designs. But of course, the sibling
industries are enticingly different.
There
are major changes in store for PV’s adolescence, such as the
emergence of thin-film and organic photovoltaics, the efficiency
gains of chemical metallization, and the huge transition soon to come
from achievement of grid-parity. Who will win? Silicon, thin-film,
or organic? Germany, China, or the USA? IC, PCB, or green-field PV
makers? Cast away your preconceived notions and uncover the real
opportunities for next generation PV.
BIOGRAPHY Don
Cullen is the Managing Director of Photovoltaics at MacDermid in
Waterbury CT. His group is responsible for interacting with the
worldwide photovoltaic manufacturing supply chain to ensure the
correct development, deployment, and use of chemical processes for
this important industry. Don has global responsibility for the
Photovoltaics Solutions division, which was formed from
MacDermid’s
New Business Opportunities review team in 2008.
Prior
to
his role in Photovoltaics, Don was Director of OEM & Assembly
Applications within the Electronics solutions business. He acted as
a liaison between the Original Equipment Manufacturing (OEM) sector,
the Printed Circuit Board (PCB) manufacturers, the Electronics
Manufacturing Services (EMS) sector, and MacDermid’s
Electronics
Solutions worldwide business.
Don
helped found the Final Finish business group in MacDermid Electronics
Solutions, and held the positions of Technology Manager and Director
for that group, responsible for MacDermid’s Nickel/Gold,
Silver,
Tin, OSP and Palladium processes for PCB technology.
Starting
in MacDermid’s Central R&D group 20 years ago, Don
holds three
patents and has been published in over 100 magazines, journals, web
events, and industry technical conferences. He’s authored the
latest edition of Coombs’ PCB Handbook chapter on Surface
Finishes. He has created chemical business opportunities worth more
than $40
million per year and has enabled better device functionality,
simplified processes, and environmentally positive solutions.
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