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