We would like to invite you to visit our booth 949 at Display Week 2008 and view the range of EmiClare EMC/EMI shielding, transparent heaters and new glass resistive touch screen.
Display Week 2008 SID International Symposium, Seminar and Exhibition Los Angeles Convention Center, Los Angeles, California, USA May 18-23, 2008
If you cannot make it to the show please contact us and we will be proud to show you the new EmiClare range.
EmiClare EMI-ITO film EmiClare EMI-ITO film is a highly conductive 15 ohms/sq coated optically clear polyester film. The combination of high visible light transmission, near neutral colour and low electrical resistance make an ideal EMI/RFI shield for electronic displays, touch screen and membrane switch panels requiring moderate shielding effectiveness and high quality optical properties. The thin film is ideal for easy integration into optical stacks and displays.     EmiClare EMI-ITO glass The EmiClare EMI-ITO coated glass is a wide range of highly transparent conductive coatings of 4ohms/sq and 15 ohms/sq with a choice of standard thickness and combination coatings with anti-reflective and non-glare sunlight readable finishes. EmiClare EMI-ITO coated glass can be further enhanced and combined with privacy filters, polarizers and transparent heaters.     EmiClare MicroMesh EmiClare MicroMesh combines the EMI shielding of woven wire mesh with high light transmission and the optical clarity of coatings. The perfect grid matrix is the ideal solution to EMI shield the new generations of large format high definition displays.     Glass resistive touch screens A new all glass resistive touch screen that features the tough surface hardness of glass with the flexibility of normal resistive touch screen. The range of COTS options include AS anti-sparkle non-glare etch front surface, EmiClare MicroMesh or EMI-ito coating for EMI shielding, ThermoClare transparent heaters for low temperature operating and chemically strengthened laminated glass for anti-vandal protection.     EmiClare Sigma A display fitted with an EmiClare Sigma mesh is brighter and more legible when compared with traditional mesh. This is because EmiClare mesh is the only wire woven mesh specifically designed for electronic displays. Traditional mesh windows with configurations like 100, 80 and 50 openings per inch (opi) were inherited from non optical applications and are very compromised when used with a display.     ThermoClare 2nd Generation heater The 2nd generation of ThermoClare transparent heaters from Optical Filters features improvements for quicker defrosting operation, even hotspot-free performance and increased ruggedisation.  High optical clarity allows the heater to be located in front of the display and may be integrated with EMI shielding for a totally ruggedised, heated and shielded display filter.

Optical filters will be exhibiting at the following shows in 2005

	Society for information displays 2005 (SID) Hynes Convention Center, Boston USA 22nd to 27th May 2005 - Booth 3106
	IEEE EMC 2005 Navy Pier, Chicago USA 8th to 12th August 2005

Other exhibition and show will be supported with are local representatives.

British firm finds niche in Meadville
Keith Gushard - The Meadville Tribune Thursday 17th 2005

	Jason Shade checks cuts for an optical filter panel at Optical Filters Meadville plant.

Jason Shade never expected to land a job in less than an hour late last summer.

"It was through the (Crawford County) CareerLink," said Shade, 27, of Cambridge Springs. "I went down to freshen up my resume and got a call from Sue less than an hour later."

Shade is referring to Sue Ferry, general manager of U.S. operations for Optical Filters, a British-based manufacturer of optical filters that set up shop in Meadville in 2004. It was the only new manufacturing firm to locate in the Meadville area last year.

Shade programs and operates a computer-numerically controlled router to cut optical filters from plastic and glass laminates that Optical Filters designs and makes for flat-screen electronic displays.

The laminates contain a fine wire mesh in between the panels to cut down on electromagnetic interference.

Optical Filters products are used in the defense, medical and telecommunications industries.

Its laminate touch screens are also used in automated teller machines. The screen adds security by controlling the viewing angle for persons entering a personal identification number, making it difficult for others to steal the number.

Sue Ferry studies an optical filter panel for defects.

Shade had worked in the tooling and machining industry for about eight years before getting laid off from two different firms. He had a job in the oil field services industry when he decided to update his resume.

There was some difficulty in finding a machine operator with the experience the company needed, Ferry said.

"There were people who were machine operators and people who were programmers," Ferry said. "We needed someone who could do both."

The Precision Manufacturing Institute helped out with some specialized training for Shade as well, Ferry said.

Optical Filters looked to the U.S. for another site because about 25 percent of its business comes from the U.S. , said Michael Dent, the firm's president and chairman.

Meadville was chosen over three other U.S. locations because of all the help Optical Filters received, said Dent.

"The difference was the MAIC (Meadville Area Industrial Commission)," said Dent. "We got so much help from it and Sue."

Ferry was MAIC's executive director at the time Optical Filters was searching for a U.S. location. Dent was impressed enough with the help received that he offered Ferry a job.

The fact that Crawford County already has an existing industrial infrastructure through the tooling and machining industry was a factor, too, he said.

"The business people are friendly," he said. "And we liked the community."

	Michael Dent, president of Optical Filters, explains how the firm¹s laminate touch screens work. The laminate panels contain a fine wire mesh in the between panel layers to cut down on electromagnetic interference and for viewing security. Its products are used in automated teller machines and in the defense, medical and telecommunications industries.

Dent has some major plans for the firm in the coming months.

Current operations at its plant on Terrace Street Extension are only the cutting and finishing of plastic and glass laminated panels manufactured by its plant in England .

The next two projects are an expansion of the local work force from the current five to about 15 by September to increase production of finished panels.

It will be followed by a new manufacturing facility in the Meadville area to make the panels themselves. That will add about another 30 jobs.

"We hope to be up to 40 to 50 people (in total) by the end of 2006," Dent said.

Shade said he enjoys his job and has the freedom to suggest ways to improve the process.

"It's a total team effort here," Shade said. "It's nice to see other countries bring us work."