Thermal Product Solutions
Thermal Product Solutions (TPS), a unit of SPX Corporation, is a global manufacturer of thermal processing equipment for the semiconductor, photovoltaic, and pharmaceutical industries. Based in New Columbia, PA, TPS has manufacturing facilities in Rochester, NY and Riverside, MI. They employ approximately 370 people across all locations.
The TPS product line includes industrial furnaces, environmental test chambers, non-ferrous furnaces, and crystal growing furnaces. The company maintains several autonomous product lines, including Tenney, Lunaire, Blue M, Gruenberg, Lindberg, MPH, and Kayex.
In 2007, Kayex won a contract to supply NorSun As with crystal growing equipment. "Kayex's technology grows polysilicon into crystal ignots that are the base material for producing solar cells. These new crystal-growing machines will primarily be installed in NorSun's new solar wafer facility in Ardal, Norway. Once fully operational, the facility will be among the largest of its kind in the world.