Applied Electroless Concepts has performed numerous confidential
research projects for private customers. These have varied from
single day assignments to long term projects. Most projects are
performed at the customer site to protect full confidentiality. While the
exact specifications cannot be disclosed, the actual projects have
covered a wide range of applications. These include:

  • Wastewater treatment and optimization
  • Chemical process troubleshooting
  • Chemical process development
  • Air and gas scrubbing problems
  • Process water recycle
  • Ultra pure water and pure water processes
  • Electroless plating problems
  • Electroless process development on novel substrates
  • Electrolytic plating problems
  • Hazardous waste reduction
  • Chemical recycle methods

Our work has included the following industries:

  • Semiconductor manufacturing
  • Solar cell manufacturing
  • Plating of plastics
  • Electroless plating of metals and other inorganics
  • General Manufacturing
  • Printed circuits
  • Foundries
  • Aerospace
  • Mineral extraction, including fluoride treatments
  • Water purification, including arsenic removal

We have won a large number of competively-awarded grants from
the State of California and from the US Navy.

GRANTS RECEIVED FROM CALIFORNIA EPA-OFFICE OF ALTERNATIVE TECHNOLOGIES.

1. FLUORIDE AND BORON-FREE STRIPPERS FOR REMOVAL OF SOLDER FROM PRINTED CIRCUIT
BOARDS; PHASE I. GRANT NUMBER 89-T0115.
Grant Period: April 30, 1990 - April 30, 1991; Grantor: California Department of Toxic Substances
Control; Clay Booher, Grant Manager; Office of Pollution Prevention and Technology Development.  

2. FLUORIDE AND BORON-FREE STRIPPERS FOR REMOVAL OF SOLDER FROM PRINTED CIRCUIT
BOARDS; PHASE II; GRANT NUMBER 90-T0082.
Grant Period: June 15, 1991 - June 16, 1992; Grantor: California Department of Toxic Substances
Control; Clay Booher, Grant Manager; Office of Pollution Prevention and Technology Development.

3. SOLDER AND COPPER RECOVERY FROM SCRAP PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS WITHOUT
GENERATIONOF HAZARDOUS LEAD INTERMEDIATES; PHASE I; GRANT NUMBER 90-T0083.
Grant Period: June 15, 1991 - June 16, 1992; Grantor: California Department of Toxic Substances
Control; Clay Booher, Grant Manager; Office of Pollution Prevention and Technology
Development.

4. TECHNOLOGY & INFORMATION TRANSFER IN THE PLATING/PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD AND
RELATED INDUSTRIES ON SOURCE REDUCTION AND ON-SITE RECYCLING, RFP No. 91-S026.
PHASE I. California Hazardous Waste Reduction Grant Program.

5.NOVEL CYANIDE-FREE ELECTROLESS SILVER TECHNOLOGY FOR REDUCTION OF HAZARDOUS
WASTE IN THE PLATING AND PRINTED CIRCUIT INDUSTRIES; PHASE I; GRANT NUMBER: 92-T0121.
Grant Period: July 1, 1993 - June 30, 1994; Grantor: California Department of Toxic Substances
Control; Clay Booher, Grant Manager; Office of Pollution Prevention and Technology Development.

6. IN-PLANT RECYCLE AND REDUCTION OF COPPER ETCHANT
WASTE IN THE PRINTED CIRCUIT INDUSTRY; PHASE II; GRANT NUMBER:92-T0120.
Grant Period:  July 1, 1993 - June 30, 1994; California Department of Toxic Substances Control; Clay
Booher, Grant Manager; Office of Pollution Prevention and Technology Development.

7. PROTOTYPE DESIGN FOR IN-PLANT RECYCLE AND REDUCTION OF COPPER ETCHANT WASTE IN
THE PRINTED CIRCUIT INDUSTRY; PHASE III; GRANT NUMBER 93-T0518.
Grant Period:  July 1, 1994 - June 30, 1995; California Department of Toxic Substances Control; Linda
Diane, Grant Manager; Office of Pollution Prevention and Technology Development. Joint project with
Athens Corporation, Oceanside, California, providing the matching funding.

8. RECYCLE AND REUSE OF NITRATE BASED SOLDER STRIPPERS; PHASE I. GRANT NUMBER 93-
T0505.
Grant Period:  July 1, 1994 - June 30, 1995; California Department of Toxic Substances Control; Linda
Diane, Grant Manager; Office of Pollution Prevention and Technology Development.

GRANTS RECEIVED FROM THE  FEDERAL GOVERNMENT

9. TRIVALENT CONVERSION COATINGS FOR ALUMINUM ALLOYS; PHASE I; SBIR GRANT NUMBER
N62269-95-C-0174.
Grant Period: September 1, 1995 - March 1, 1995; Department of the Navy, Naval Air Warfare Center,
Aircraft Division Warminster, Warminster, PA 18974-0591. Dr. Vinod Agarwala, Grant Manager.  
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