William W. R. Elder

Eaton Corp. engages in the provision of energy-efficient solutions. The company was founded by Viggo V. Torbensen and Joseph O. Eaton on August 28, 1916 and is headquartered in Cleveland, OH.

Part of ASML Holding NV, Silicon Valley Group, Inc. designs, manufactures, markets, and services semiconductor processing equipment. The private company is based in San Jose, CA. The company was founded by Ellen D. Levy. Silicon Valley Group was acquired by ASML Holding NV on May 22, 2001 for $1,199.10 million.

Southwall Technologies, Inc. operates as a global energy technology company which provides energy conservation and climate management thin-film glass solutions. The firm manufactures and develops films and glass products that improve energy efficiency in architectural and automotive glass applications. It manufactures windows & glass sun-proof, heat-proof & cold-proof - enabling their customers to fine-tune the insulating and solar control performance of glass, reducing the energy consumption for cooling and heating for a comfortable indoor climate. Southwall Technologies was founded in 1979 and is headquartered in St. Louisiana, MO.

Part of Texas Instruments Incorporated, Unitrode Corp. is a private company that makes and sells analog/linear and mixed-signal integrated circuits for power management applications. The company is based in Merrimack, NH. Unitrode was founded in 1960 and was acquired by Texas Instruments Incorporated on October 15, 1999 for $1,238.64 million.

Raytheon Applied Signal Technology, Inc. provides intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance solutions to protect and enhance global security. Its offers solutions and services to encompass the areas of broadband communication systems, surveillance systems, and network intelligence. The company was founded in 1984 and is headquartered in Waltham, MA.

Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates, Inc. designs and manufactures semiconductor processing equipment. The company was founded in April 1999 and is headquartered in Gloucester, MA.

PayCycle, Inc. provides online payroll services to small businesses and accountants in the United States. Its services comprise paycheck calculations, instant checks, direct deposit, W-2s, electronic tax payments, and electronic tax filings. The company was founded by Rene Lacerte and Martin Gates in 1999 and is located in Palo Alto, CA.

Cbrite, Inc. develops and researches diode switches for display applications. Its technology includes amoled backplane challenges, transistor technology, flexible displays, hemispherical array and detector for imaging. It is a flat panel backplane technology and has developed a remarkable new transistor technology for driving high performance LCDs and amoled displays. The firm has locations in Goleta, Hsinchu and Santa Barbara. The company was founded by Gang Yu, Boo Jorgen-Lars Nilsson and Alan J. Heeger in 2000 and is headquartered in Goleta, CA.

Ultra Clean Technology Systems & Service, Inc. designs, engineers and manufactures gas delivery systems for semiconductor process equipment manufactures and device makers. It offers laser and waterjet cutting and harware insertion, as well as provides modules, subassemblies, gas and liquid delivery, and catalytic steam generation systems. The company is headquartered in Hayward, CA.

Part of ASML Holding NV, SVG Lithography Systems, Inc. is an American company that manufactures printing trades machinery. SVG Lithography Systems was acquired by Silicon Valley Group, Inc., a SUB of ASML Holding NV from Applera Corp. on August 04, 1992 for $17 million.

EBARA Technologies, Inc. manufactures equipment used in the production of semiconductors. The company products include Dry Mechanical Pumps, Mag-lev Turbo and Hybrid Turbo molecular, Drag Pumps. Its also offers vacuum valves and fittings, heaters and exhaust lines, point-of-use abatement systems, wafer carrier and storage units. EBARA Technologies was founded in 1990 and is located in Sacramento, CA.

Semiconductor Equipment & Materials International operates as association of companies that provide equipment, materials and services for the manufacture of semiconductors, photovoltaic panels, LED and flat panel displays, micro-electromechanical systems, printed and flexible electronics, and related micro and nano-technologies. The company was founded in 1970 and is headquartered in Milpitas, CA.

Acorn Travel, Inc. operates a travel agency. It offers cruise and vacation destinations. The company was founded in 1983 and is headquartered in River Forest, IL.

Bill.com LLC provides business payments solutions. The firm offers ACH payments processing, automates the accounts payable and accounts receivable processes. Its automated system takes scanned, fax or emails of bills, routes to approvers and provides one-click access to any needed backup docs. The company was founded by Rene Lacerte in April 2006 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA.

Signet Solar GmbH develops, manufactures and markets thin film silicon PV modules. Signet Solar develops, manufacturers, and deploys an entire ecosystem supporting the world's largest thin-film silicon PV modules enabling the industries lowest installed system cost without the use of any toxic or rare materials. In the first year of production, Signet Solar has enabled over 50 installations (>10MW), varying in application from solar farms to commercial rooftops to parking structures to BIPV structures. The company was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in Mochau, Germany.