Thin-Film Company Formed

In St. Petersburg, Fla., the establishment of Labtec Sales Partners LLC has been announced. The company was formed to provide sales and marketing expertise to companies that provide processing equipment to the thin-film research and development and manufacturing fields. It has a number of agreements in place with thin-film suppliers, including Forth-Rite Technologies LLC of Austin, Texas; JLS Designs Ltd. of Somerset, UK; Surface Science Integration of El Mirage, Ariz.; and V&N Advanced Automation Systems of Rockledge, Fla