Phoseon Technology is a privately owned electronic manufacturing company based in Hillsboro in the U.S. state of

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. Founded in 2002, the company makes products that use

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light produced by light emitting diodes (LED) that are used for curing products in industrial settings. Phoseon is located in the

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and has offices in Europe and Asia. Bill Cortelyou is the

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and president of the firm.

History

Phoseon was founded by Mark Owen, Francois Vlach, and Christopher O'Leary in 2002 with a single product. Owen had helped develop the product while working for

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while Vlach negotiated the rights to it from the company after they declined to pursue the invention commercially. The product, the FX-B, is a fluorescent inspection system that utilizes a UV LED radion module as a light source. Phoseon had grown to 20 employees by October 2003 and expanded to offices in Asia and Europe. 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. The next year Phoseon raised another $1.3 million through a

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offering, upping their total to $9.2 million in capital raised. At that time the company had grown to 30 employees. Co-founder Mark Owen left the company in 2007. He had been replaced as CEO in December 2006, but had remained on the company's board until 2012. In 2010, Phoseon was a finalist for Rising Star of the Year for the Oregon Technology Awards.

Products

Phoseon has several products. Their main product uses ultraviolet light produced by

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(LEDs) in industrial applications, specifically for curing adhesives, coatings, and ink. Phoseon calls their product Semiconductor Light Matrix (SLM), which does not use mercury and is a solid-state electronic technology. Their UV product can also be used in DVD manufacturing. Past products have included Microelectromechanical systems (MEMS), and a product that utilizes

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technology for inspecting semiconductors that was sold off in 2007 to Viscom AG. In March 2018, Phoseon Technology introduced UV LED microplate with KeyPro™ KP100 decontamination system.

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External links

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- ''The Oregonian'' Companies based in Hillsboro, Oregon Companies established in 2002 Privately held companies based in Oregon Technology companies of the United States 2002 establishments in Oregon