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SMP Tech, Inc.
SMP Tech, Inc. is pleased to announce
that effective January 1, 2008, we have corporated and
merged our two companies, SMP Technology and Silicon
Valley Instruments to one entity, SMP Tech, Inc. We
will be focusing on our engineering talents as well
as strengthening of our alliances to provide high quality
project based engineering consulting and product development
services.
Contact Ann Roberts for additional information
on SMP Tech, Inc. as well as to initiate a quotation
to address your engineering and manufacturing needs.
Effective January 1, 2008 the new mailing
address for SMP Tech, Inc. is:
SMP Tech, Inc.,
220 Vineyard Court, Suite 100
Morgan Hill, CA 95037
The telephone and fax have changed to:
Phone: 408.776.7776
Fax: 408.776.7772
Web: www.smptech.com
SMP Tech, Inc. will continue to offer a complete range
of engineering services including the design of robotic
DNA spotters, microfluidic devices, medical equipment,
automated machinery, test equipment and sophisticated
electro-mechanical products.
The complexities of most of our development projects
require expertise and capabilities in a vast number
of different yet interrelated disciplines. To address
our client's needs, we have established alliances with
a number of outstanding companies such as Advanced Machining
Techniques, Adept Technology, Berger Manufacturing,
Integrated Technologies Solutions, Precise Automation,
EMMS and the Technical alliance Bridge.
SMP Tech, Inc. is a founding member of the Technical
Alliance Bridge (TAB). The TAB Alliance in a unique
technical alliance allowing us to provide top notch
engineering support in a number of specialties including;
electrical engineering, industrial design, CAD, software,
dynamic analysis, digital hardware, analog circuits,
electro-optics, lasers, and specialized manufacturing
services. See the TAB web sit at: www.tabridge.com
Please give us a call and we would be pleased to set
up an appointment to talk to you about your engineering
development and manufacturing needs.
Ann Roberts, CFO, SMP Tech, Inc.
Ciphergen Biosystems, Inc.
 Ciphergen
Biosystems - Fremont, California introduced their new
ProteinChip System Series 4000 for the rapid translation
of SELDI biomarker discoveries into assays. This new
unit enables biomarker discovery, purification, identification,
and quantitative assays through Ciphergen’s proprietary
technology. The Series 4000 represents a new generation
of affordable benchtop systems never available to biologists
that does not sacrifice sensitivity or quantitation
capabilities.
SMP Tech, Inc. assisted in the enclosure design and
development to produce a cost effective housing that
met both the rigorous internal specifications set by
Ciphergen Biosystems and the stringent requirements
of their clients.
Detailed Finite Element Analyses were performed by
SMP Tech, Inc. to ensure that isolation required for
sensitive instrumentation was maintained while mechanisms
and pumps were operating.
Integrated Biosystems, Inc. (IBI)
 Celsius
Controlled Freeze-Thaw Technology
Integrated
Biosystems, Inc. (IBI) Aubagne, France - the world's leading supplier of controlled freeze-thaw
technology to the biopharmaceutical industry, and STEDIM,
the world's leading designer and manufacturer of single-use,
sterile plastic bag systems today announced that two
new patents have been issued relating to the new Celsius
product line. Celsius, which is currently being launched
in the US and Europe, by IBI, offers IBI's proprietary
controlled freeze-thaw technology in disposable containers.
SMP Tech, Inc. designed and built the production version
of the Celsius S3 Freeze-Thaw System. The Celsius S3
Freeze-Thaw System provides the capability to model
the IBI 100 liter system with as little as 15 ml of
product. The Celsius S3 is used for simulation in Scale
Up, Scale Down and Stability studies.
Life Measurement, Inc.
Life Measurement, Inc. launched the
PEA POD® Infant Body Composition System at the Pediatric
Academic Societies’ (PAS) Annual Meeting held
in San Francisco, California May 1 through May 4, 2004.
The PEA POD provides vital information for optimal infant
growth and nutrition for infants. The system uses air
displacement plethysmography to assess body composition
in infants. The accurate assessment of infant body fat
and fat free mass provides important data to assist
in addressing several infant situations, including optimizing
individual nutritional and pharmacological requirements.
SMP Tech, Inc. was responsible for the industrial design
and packaging of the PEA POD system. The enclosure system
is composed of a combination of sheet metal and pressure
formed parts.
TOWA America Corporation
 Intercon
Technology, Inc. and TOWA America merged and are now
called TOWA America Corporation Though their name has
changed, the Towa-Intercon vision and direction as a
corporation remains the same. See the SBS 8000 Series
Matrix Array Sigulation System that SMP helped develop
on the TOWA web site at:
The merger will allow Towa-Intercon to combine resources
and deliver a broader range of products and services
from one company. They now offer world-leading solutions
in the areas of molding and die bonding to the North
American and European markets in addition to continuing
to deliver a best in-class solution for singulation
throughout the world.
October, 2003
Our client, Affymetrix, starts taking orders for human
genome chip. Affymetrix says its human genome array
has gone on sale after years of research and development.
Called the "GeneChip human genome U133 plus 2.0
Array," the device is said to offer researchers
the protein-coding content of the human genome on a
single commercially available catalog microarray.
The chip analyzes the expression level of nearly 50,000
RNA transcripts and variants with 22 different probes
per transcript. With about 1.3 million probes on a chip
the size of a human thumbnail, the Human Plus Array
represents a leap in array technology data capacity,
and further demonstrates the unique power and potential
of our technology to explore vast areas of the genome.
August, 2003
Our client, MODcol,
has been acquired by W. R. Grace Separations Group and
moved to Hesperia, California on August 4, 2003
W. R. Grace & Co. subsidiary, The Separations Group,
has acquired MODcol Corporation, a manufacturer of preparative
chromatography columns and provider of custom column
packing services in Morgan Hill, California. MODcol
will be integrated into Grace’s Silica Products
separations business at 17434 Mojave Street, Hesperia,
CA 92345.
MODcol produces its own HPLC preparative columns,
designs column packing instruments, and resells bulk
media for customers to pack their own columns. The company
also provides column packing services. MODcol’s
expertise is in column packing technology: the company
has over 20 years experience of column packing technology,
holds a number of patents, and has developed numerous
packing protocols for a wide range of chromatographic
media.
TOWA America Corporation
SMP Tech, Inc. is proud
to announce our involvement with Intercon during the
development of their newest product, the SBS - 8808
Matrix Array Singulation System introduced at SEMICON
2003.
SMP Tech, Inc. was tasked to update an existing product
that offered a better user interface, increased the
throughput, all while reducing the overall unit cost.
We met this challenge by applying basic industrial design
and human factors along with engineering analysis and
design principles from the ground up. The frame was
completely redesigned to provide a stable structure
for higher operating speeds. It also incorporated several
features that previously required several separate parts.
In addition, input from assemblers, service technicians,
and customer service were integrated into the design
stage, which resulted in a system that meets the up
front technical requirements as well as the downstream
service and maintenance personnel.
The end result was a system where throughput increased
from 6,500 to over 10,000 units per hour, material cost
of the unit was cut in half, assembly is measured in
hours, not days, and service calls are now dealt with
by modular replacements instead of complete system reworks.
April 1, 1990
 Founded
on April 1, 1990, by Ann Roberts and Tom Roberts, SMP
Tech, Inc.'s services include equipment design, engineering
analysis and contract manufacturing. Our 18 years of
engineering experience is available to you on a project
basis.
We appreciate your past patronage and look forward
to serving you in 2009 and the years to come.
SMP Tech, Inc.'s Facility 
In September of 2000,
SMP Tech, Inc. moved to our 10,325 SF engineering and
manufacturing facility in Morgan Hill, California.
Our
old Campbell engineering office has moved and will become
a private residence.
The City of Campbell sold our historical
office building to John Peters (our primary software
engineer) for one dollar. In July, he moved the building
half mile to Fourth Street and Rincon Avenue and has
already started the restoration to its original character.
Pictures of our new Morgan Hill facility,
the Campbell building move and some SMP Tech, Inc. project
case histories are posted on our secure web browser.
If you would like to see our web browser, you can still
use the user name and password we set up in April. Otherwise,
access our web site at
www.smptech.com.
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