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BTU International Inc.

(BTUI) is in the Manufacturing Industry

Market Cap:$38.6M
Last Fiscal Year Sales:$63.7M
  • Public
  • US
Dow Jones Description

BTU International, founded in 1950 and headquartered in Billerica, Massachusetts, is a supplier of advanced thermal processing equipment to the energy generation market and electronics manufacturing market. We manufacture reflow furnaces for printed circuit board assembly as well as semiconductor wafer-level and die-level packaging equipment. In addition, we participate in the fast growing alternative energy market for which we provide thermal process equipment for the manufacturing of solar cells, fuel cells and nuclear fuels. Our customers in the energy generation market use our thermal systems to process silicon, ceramics and metal alloys which are used in solar cell, fuel cell and nuclear fuel manufacturing applications. Our customers require high throughput, high yield and highly reliable thermal processing systems with tightly controlled temperature and atmospheric parameters. Our convection solder reflow systems are used to attach electronic components to the printed circuit boards, primarily in the advanced high-density surface mount segments of this market. In the semiconductor market, we participate in both wafer level and die level packaging, where our thermal processing systems are used to connect and seal integrated circuits into a package.

Chief Financial Officer
Peter J. Tallian
Number of Employees 381
Contact Information

23 Esquire Rd

North Billerica, Massachusetts 01862

btu.com

(978) 667-4111

NAICS Code All Other Industrial Machinery Manufacturing: 333298

Recent Events

  • BTU International Releases 3Q Results

    10/30/09 - Financial Announcement - View Story

  • BTU International Reports Second Quarter 2009 Results

    7/28/09 - Financial Announcement - View Story

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btu international inc. - All News and Analysis

Decision Makers

Name (plus bio) Position
Peter J. Tallian Chief Financial Officer
Douglas A. Lawson Vice President
James M. Griffin Vice President, Global Sales & Services Corp Officer
John J. McCaffrey Vice President, Engineering, Alternative Energy
Michael Griffin James Vice President Sales
Thomas P. Kealy Vice President
David E. Fancher Director, IT
Donald A. Seccombe Director, Research Engineering
Frank Bottari Director, Solar Applications
Stephen J. Parrott Director, Engineering
David M. Greenhouse
Francis Nash Thomas Issuer
Joseph F. Wrinn Director

Board of Directors

Name (plus bio) Position
G. Mead Wyman Chairman
John E. Beard Chair
J. Samuel Parkhill Board of Directors

Organization Position Status
BTU International, Inc. Chief Financial Officer Current
TranSwitch Corporation Cfo Former
Distributed Energy Systems Corp. Chief Financial Officer Former
Metavante Corporation Cfo Former
Metavante Corporation Executive Vice President Former
TranSwitch Corporation Senior Vice President Former
TranSwitch Corporation Treasurer Former
University of Chicago MBA Former
Wharton Graduate School of the University of Pennsylvania Bachelor of Science Degree In Economics Former

Organization Position Status
BTU International, Inc. Vice President Current
Boston University M.S. In Manufacturing Engineering Former
University of Lowell B.S. In Chemical Engineering Former

Organization Position Status
BTU International, Inc. Vice President, Global Sales & Services Corp Officer Current
Worcester Polytechnic Institute Former

John J. McCaffrey, Jr. Vice President, Operations and Engineering Jack McCaffrey joined BTU early in 2008 as Vice President Engineering, Alternative Energy, in charge of engineering and product development. Later that year, he added Operations to his responsibilities. After graduating from the U.S. Naval Academy and serving as a nuclear engineer officer, he held a variety of positions at Polaroid. Jack joined Evergreen Solar as a startup in 1999, where he designed, built, and operated their U.S. pilot and initial manufacturing facilities, achieving required margin and revenue targets. He next worked with Q Cells to design the initial 30 megawatt EverQ factory in Germany. He then moved to Daystar Technologies, a CIGS thin film solar company, setting up their pilot line for foil, and led the initial design for their 25 megawatt glass manufacturing facility in California. Jack was also responsible for product development at both companies.

Organization Position Status
BTU International, Inc. Vice President, Engineering, Alternative Energy Current

Organization Position Status
BTU International, Inc. Vice President Sales Current

Thomas P. Kealy has been our Vice President, Corporate Controller and Chief Accounting Officer since February 1991. He has also been our Corporate Controller since joining us in July 1985. Prior to 1985, Mr. Kealy served for 14 years in various financial management positions, including Division Controller for Polaroid Corporation. Earlier he was the Corporate Controller for Coro, Inc. and Lebanon, Inc. Mr. Kealy holds a B.S. in Finance and Accounting from Bentley College and an M.B.A. from Clark University.

Organization Position Status
BTU International, Inc. Vice President Current
BTU International, Inc. Board of Directors Current
BTU International, Inc. Chief Financial Officer Former
The-Lebanon.Com Corporate Controller Former
Coro Corporate Controller Former
Polaroid Corporation Division Controller Former
Clark University M.B.A. Former
Clark University B.S. In Finance and Accounting Former
Bentley College B.S. In Finance and Accounting Former

Organization Position Status
BTU International, Inc. Director, IT Current

Organization Position Status
BTU International, Inc. Director, Research Engineering Current

Organization Position Status
BTU International, Inc. Director, Solar Applications Current

Organization Position Status
BTU International, Inc. Director, Engineering Current

Organization Position Status
BTU International, Inc. Current

Organization Position Status
BTU International, Inc. Issuer Current

G. Mead Wyman Mr. Wyman was appointed Director of BTU in 2004. He retired in 2002 as Senior Vice President, Treasurer and CFO of Mercury Computer, where he started in 1996. Previously he held executive positions at a.o. Dataware Technologies, Lotus Development Corporation and Prime Computer and was a general partner in Hambrecht and Quist Venture Partners. Mr. Wyman also serves on the Board of Directors at Grupo Guayacan, Inc., a Puerto Rico based non-profit private equity management company, and Strategic Lumber Resources Inc., a private company in the pre-finishing of lumber used in the construction industry. Mr. Wyman holds a BS from MIT in chemical engineering and an MBA from Harvard Business School.

Organization Position Status
BTU International, Inc. Chairman Current

John E. Beard John E. Beard graduated from Williams College in 1954 and from Harvard Law School in 1957. He joined the law firm Ropes & Gray in 1957 and became a partner in 1967. Mr. Beard has represented companies like Reebok and Timberland in consumer-branded merchandise and EMC and Millipore in high-technology products and services. Mr. Beard has assisted private equity buyers in acquiring businesses using multi-tiered financing structures, and has represented companies in establishing and operating joint ventures and other strategic partnerships. After serving BTU as Corporate Secretary since 1981, Mr. Beard joined the Board as a Director in June, 2002.

Organization Position Status
BTU International, Inc. Chair Current
BTU International, Inc. Director Former

J. Samuel Parkhill Mr. Parkhill was appointed Director of BTU in 2004. Mr. Parkhill joined The Hall Corporation (formerly The Stackpole Corporation), a privately held company formerly involved in manufacturing operations, in 1983, became COO in 1985 and CEO in 1994. Prior to 1983 Mr. Parkhill held various executive and legal positions with Ionics, Inc. Waters Corporation and Eastern Gas and Fuel Associates. Mr. Parkhill holds a BA from Williams College, J.D. from Boston University (Law Review) and attended the Advanced Management Program at the Harvard Business School.

Organization Position Status
BTU International, Inc. Board of Directors Current

Joseph F. Wrinn Joseph F. Wrinn has been a director of the Company since 1999. Mr. Wrinn is a Vice President at Teradyne, Inc, and he has held general management and engineering management positions during his 30+ year career with Teradyne. Mr. Wrinn holds a Bachelors Degree from MIT, and an MBA from Boston University.

Organization Position Status
BTU International, Inc. Director Current
BTU International, Inc. Chairman Former
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     BTUI $4.19 -0.11 (-2.56% )
Average Volume 10,846
Shares Outstanding 9.21M
Market Cap 38.6M
Year High 8.3
Year Low 2.66
Earnings Per Share -1.39
P/E Ratio -3.01
Dividend N/A
Yield N/A
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