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Customer and Peer testimonials
Stanford Linear Accelerator Center(SLAC)
Eliazar Ortiz
Senior Engineer
"We received the last four IPM tanks and they look beautiful. Thank you for all the hard work and beautiful craftsmanship Altair put into making these chambers. I will definitely have Altair on my list for the next project that requires your expertise."
Semco Engineering, Inc.
Angela May
Buyer, US Operations
"I just wanted you to know what a wonderful person Amber is. I know if I need something, she will do her best to take care of me. I deal with lots of suppliers and I have had to let a few go, one just for extremely poor customer service. I think that will never happen with Amber there, meeting my needs. Thanks for listening!"
CPI MPP
Tom Gott
Planning/Purchasing Manager
"Altair Technologies has been a strategic supplier for many years. This is extremely important during these changing times to have stable suppliers. Their commitment to delivering quality products stems from their core of manufacturing excellence. They have excellent processes, quality, turnaround time and technical support which enable us to meet our customers’ demands. We consider Altair Technologies a key supplier in our supply chain and highly recommend their services."
TOMOTHERAPY
Bob Evenson
Director of Manufacturing
TomoTherapy develops and markets equipment for radiation therapy. The equipment allows for a CT scan and radiation therapy to be done at the same time. The equipment is designed to allow for localized dose delivery making use of a linear accelerator.
“We selected Altair for the assignment based on the abilities of the engineering team. We are particularly impressed with the skills of Altair President Curtis Allen.”
“Altair has experience working with TomoTherapy, which is very useful.”
“We have a strong technical relationship with Altair due to their high quality product and brazing skills.”
CPI (Palo Alto, CA)
Mike Bayless
Engineering Manager
“Altair meets the specs for our components, and provides fantastic quality."
“Altair’s engineering people have been working with CPI for a long time. They know what needs to be done. I still work with guys who were there from the beginning.”
“Altair does brazing of metal to metal. But Altair does metal to ceramic equally well. Their engineering people are involved and that makes it easier for everyone. They do a good job, and they deliver on time. They have the ability to work on vacuum environments. And their work is always clean.”
Varian Medical SystemS
Glen Scheitrum
Senior Scientist
"Altair is building wave-guide components and sub-assemblies for Varian.These are people you can depend on. I am a strong supporter of Altair’s engineering staff. We can give them either drawings or a solid model and they can create a prototype that comes through with flying colors. I plan to do more with Altair. Altair is an outstanding support provider. They plan ahead, deliver on time and are able to turn around work on short notice.”
SurgRX (Redwood City, CA)
Greg Fong
Director of Materials
SurgRX manufactures and markets a disposable medical device that is used in surgery. The expertise that Altair brings to SurgRX is in brazing. Brazing is used in the manufacturing of sub-assemblies that are then integrated with other components and parts. The components manufactured by Altair are small and disposable.
“Altair is open to suggestions, both taking and giving.”
“Altair came up with ways to reduce costs.”
Oncology Services International (OSI)
Dominic Greco
Regional Vice President
"Oncology Services International (OSI) has recently teamed up with Altair Technologies Inc. to help provide our Radiation Oncology and Industrial Radiography customers with a variety of high quality products at reasonable prices that beat the OEM's. We are extremely pleased that we made the decision to go with Altair. The support provided by their Sales and Engineering team are excellent. In one case, their CEO went the extra mile and drove 8 hrs to our customers' site to assist in the installation and activation of the High Energy Electron Gun. Now "that" is dedication! Our customers depend on OSI to get their machines back on-line at a reasonable cost and we know we can rely on Altair to support those challenges."
Ron Drake
Senior Vice President
"We recently installed the High Energy Gun received from Altair Technologies. We had an extremely demanding customer with free standing Cancer Treatment machine that was completely shut down due to a faulty OEM Gun. Due to our relationship with this treatment center, we could not afford the slightest delay or complication on the replacement of the failed Varian Electron Gun. The Altair gun was a direct replacement that activated quickly and was soon running like a champ. Thank you, Altair."
Muons, Inc., Alamo, CA
Al Dudas
Senior Scientist
Muons, Inc. builds devices, especially linear accelerators that are used to study particles. They are not a production facility. Muons builds specialized equipment for scientific applications. Altair has done good work for Muons over the years. Al Dudas says that Altair is a good brazing house with excellent engineering support.
“We had a tricky need for an RF window. The components have to meet very tight specs. Altair knew these components. They came up with a better product for this application. And it costs less.”
“You can talk with them to solve problems. They have a reputation for long relationships with their customers.”
“We had a problem with a component, and they took it upon themselves to find a solution. They didn't wait for us to tell them. And they didn't charge for it.”
“Altair goes above and beyond the basic assignment, on-time delivery.”
Textron Defense Systems
Richard Hayes
Engineer
"I've done business with Altair on two different projects that consisted of customized cooling plates for a high power laser system. The cold plate design consisted of an array of small cooling channels in close contact to a cover plate. I consulted with their engineering department on how they could braze these plates together without blocking the small channels and so that there would be little or no internal leakage. After several discussions, I decided to have ALTAIR provide the machined components and braze them as well. The parts were very nicely made and have performed nicely. I went back to them afterwards for a much larger and more advanced version of this design which also turned out very nicely.Very nice people "
MOSS PRECISION
Dario Sekelj
Sales Director
Altair has been instrumental to the success of our company's ever-increasing service needs, and will be a critical partner as we meet our ambitious plans for future business. With excellent processes,
quality, turnaround time and tech support, they have exceeded our expectations. We are happy to work with them and highly recommend their services.
NioWave, Inc.
Ahren Kolka
"The Altair Technologies engineering team has been instrumental in the development and success of our program. The support and interaction definitely exceeded our expectations. Altair’s engineers and support staff were eager to help the project move forward. Their dedication will definitely make them our first choice when it comes to developing HI VAC structures in the future."
Watlow, Inc.
Tony Meadors
Account Manager / Applications Engineer
"For the past few years Altair Technologies has been an integral technology partner for our new product development efforts. Their talented support staff delivers real-time recommendations and solutions to the most challenging joining applications. You would have a tough time trying to find another brazing company offering the quality of services that Altair provides. We consider Altair Technologies a valued and key supplier who enables us to compete for, and capture significant business opportunities."
FROM OUR EMPLOYEES
Al Luna
Director of Sales
Altair Technologies (Menlo Park, CA)
"Many new customers come to us through recommendations from other customers that we have helped resolve their problems, within the U.S. and abroad. They come to us with ideas and design problems that are in some cases, sketched on a napkin and are looking for help in ways to make their structure or design work. In many cases, they want Altair to help improve their existing product and reduce manufacturing costs and reduce lead-times. They can be simple projects and applications to extreme environment applications where vacuum integrity, extreme thermal and electrical requirements, temperature cycles and pressures are crucial to the success of their program. I'm proud to say our Engineering staff has met those challenges time and again. From sketches on a napkin to full 3D modeling, from Full Turnkey prototypes to New Product Introduction release....Altair's Engineering and Manufacturing staff are ready to support the needs of our customers"
Chris FerrarI
Director of Engineering
Altair Technologies (Menlo Park, CA)
“Altair Engineering is a dedicated design and manufacturing group that implements innovative solutions for our customers’ needs, from conceptual ideas to complete 3D CAD modeling and analysis. Our commitment to high standards, creative designs and quality service will provide results with unparalleled success. We offer extensive knowledge of mechanical design and manufacturing principles with proven abilities for developing inventive products and tools for various industries. We believe in a collaborative design process with our customers, building prosperous relationships.”