Press Releases

HONEOYE FALLS, N.Y., December 16, 2022—To accommodate current and future demand for its technologies, Exxelia Micropen has completed construction to expand its Honeoye Falls facility by more than 20 percent. The 9,000-square-foot addition includes 5,000 square feet of new cleanroom space, enabling the company to double the capacity of [...]

ROCHESTER, N.Y., October 6, 2022 — /EINPresswire.com/ -- While many parts of military aircraft, weapons, and equipment are built to last decades, some components—such as electronics—must be periodically updated to ensure continued safety and reliability. For decades, military contractors have turned to Exxelia Ohmcraft to provide custom, high-voltage resistors to replace [...]

ROCHESTER, N.Y., December 15, 2021 — /EINPresswire.com/ -- When in combat, soldiers must be prepared for varying conditions—rain or shine, day or night. To maintain optimal vision in low light or complete darkness, the military relies on night vision goggles. For more than 20 years, industry leaders in the design and manufacturing [...]

ROCHESTER, N.Y., September 17, 2021—Microchips—also known as semiconductors—are critical to the function of everyday technologies like mobile phones, computers, radios, and televisions. To finetune the outputs of their main power supply, manufacturers of semiconductor production equipment have leveraged custom resistors from Exxelia Ohmcraft for more than 25 years for [...]

ROCHESTER, N.Y., July 26, 2021— For more than 25 years, leading sensor manufacturers have turned to Exxelia Ohmcraft to provide small-form-factor, ultra-low-noise surface mount resistors to be used in a variety of critical sensor applications. In these applications, Exxelia Ohmcraft’s resistors enable designers to miniaturize the sensor’s footprint or accommodate multiple [...]

ROCHESTER, N.Y., May 12, 2021—To better understand the composition and past habitability of the “Red Planet,” the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) launched the latest spacecraft in its Mars exploration program—the Perseverance Rover—which successfully landed in February 2021. When designing the spacecraft, NASA relied on countless state-of-the-art technologies [...]

ROCHESTER, N.Y., September 22, 2020 — In order to safely and successfully abandon and cap off oil wells, downhole X-ray technology is used to check the wells for any structural damage or radioactive materials. Exxelia Ohmcraft—a leader in thick-film, high-voltage, high-precision resistor design and manufacturing—was recently tapped to develop a custom, high-voltage [...]

ROCHESTER, N.Y., January 4, 2021—Neurodiagnostic tools are used every day in neonatal critical care units to monitor, diagnose and treat impairments in newborns. This type of equipment successfully detects disorders in the brain, nerves and muscles that have the potential to impact the child’s long-term health. To ensure the [...]

ROCHESTER, N.Y., September 22, 2020 — In order to safely and successfully abandon and cap off oil wells, downhole X-ray technology is used to check the wells for any structural damage or radioactive materials. Exxelia Ohmcraft—a leader in thick-film, high-voltage, high-precision resistor design and manufacturing—was recently tapped to develop a custom, high-voltage [...]

ROCHESTER, N.Y., July 28, 2020 — Before being sent off to dealerships for sale, automobiles are subject to a series of tests as part of the production process. To keep pace with industry trends and customer demands, today’s cars contain more electronic devices than ever, all of which must be [...]

ROCHESTER, N.Y., May 26, 2020 — Amid the global novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, experts have said that widespread testing is critical to containing the spread of the virus and reopening cities. Diagnostic medical device companies have been working tirelessly to develop testing solutions, particularly those that can provide rapid and [...]

ROCHESTER, N.Y., April 9, 2020 — In the development of new pharmaceutical therapies, researchers conduct metabolic analyses of live cell cultures to understand the critical role of metabolism in a wide variety of diseases and conditions. To do so, they must rely on life science research and diagnostic instruments with [...]

ROCHESTER, N.Y., January 28, 2020 — In times of warfare, the reliability of military weapons is absolutely critical to the success of a mission. For nearly a decade, military contractors have leveraged Exxelia Ohmcraft’s custom, high voltage resistors and dividers to ensure product performance in a variety of military applications, including the FGM-148 Javelin—the [...]

ROCHESTER, N.Y., December 13, 2019 — To help military and portable electronics manufacturers simplify product assembly and reduce costs, Ohmcraft—an industry leader in the design and manufacturing of thick-film, high-voltage resistors—has unveiled a first-of-its-kind high voltage surface mount chip divider (HVCD). The new HVCD series enables customers to replace what has traditionally been two discrete [...]

ROCHESTER, N.Y., November 6, 2019 — When tin-coated electronics are under compressive stress, “tin whiskers”—electrically conductive, crystalline structures—have been known to develop between circuit elements. These structures can affect the device’s electric pathways and ultimately cause short circuits that result in electronic system failure. Fortunately, Ohmcraft—a leader in thick-film, high-voltage, [...]

ROCHESTER, N.Y., October 16, 2019 — The prospect of life beyond Earth has fascinated scientists for decades. With the introduction of the latest spacecraft from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the Europa Clipper, scientists are one step closer to determining whether or not life’s necessary components can be [...]

ROCHESTER, N.Y., September 15, 2019 — The split-second decisions made by military aircraft pilots can make the difference between life and death. Helmet-mounted displays (HMDs) enable critical information—like situational awareness, weapons targeting, and basic flight data—to be projected directly in front of the pilot’s eyes. For more than 20 years, [...]

ROCHESTER, N.Y. August 12, 2019 — For more than 25 years, manufacturers of technology featuring high-gain amplifiers—including high-quality microphones, piezoelectric sensors and X-ray security scanners—have trusted Ohmcraft’s expertise in developing ultra-low current noise surface mount resistors. These resistors provide better resolution and accuracy of the amplified outputs, enabling higher performance [...]

ROCHESTER, N.Y. May 30, 2019 — In an electrical power system, distribution faults—abnormal electrical currents—are responsible for power outages, equipment damage, injuries, and even death. For more than a decade, major utility companies have implemented a solution leveraging Ohmcraft’s custom, high-voltage resistor dividers to safely monitor power line fault conditions [...]

ROCHESTER, N.Y., April 4, 2019 — From aiding in medical diagnoses to scanning baggage at the world’s airports, from scientific analysis to industrial inspection, X-ray technology has been useful in a variety of applications for more than a century. And for 20 years, Ohmcraft has manufactured the precision resistors required to create [...]

ROCHESTER, N.Y., January 8, 2019 — To further the exploration of the gaseous planet Jupiter, the European Space Agency (ESA) is currently constructing the Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE) spacecraft. In designing the spacecraft, ESA has selected 11 state-of-the-art instruments from science and engineering teams from all over Europe, the [...]

ROCHESTER, N.Y., November 21, 2018 — To be successful, the world’s oil companies must first know where to drill. These companies send teams to conduct exploratory drilling and analysis to determine whether a site is fit for oil mining. For more than 15 years, leaders in downhole drilling have turned [...]

ROCHESTER, N.Y., October 18, 2018 — For seven years, Ohmcraft has worked closely with a world-class scientific research center to design a custom leaded resistor network for the deployment of a neutrino detector located more than a mile underground. Neutrinos are invisible, nearly massless particles emitted by the sun that [...]

ROCHESTER, N.Y., September 7, 2018 — To achieve the unmatched quality of the paint finish on a new car, automobile manufacturers employ industrial electrostatic paint sprayers. For more than 20 years, Ohmcraft has supplied the custom, high-voltage resistor dividers that the makers of this electrostatic equipment need to ensure accuracy of the [...]

ROCHESTER, N.Y., July 20, 2018 — For nearly two decades, leaders in mass spectrometry have relied on Ohmcraft’s precision resistors to manufacture extremely precise, high-voltage power supplies used in their equipment. Mass spectrometry is an analytical technique that provides advanced chemical analyses of organic samples for a variety of applications, [...]