For second-quarter 2014, specialty metal and chemical products firm 5N Plus Inc of Montreal, Québec, Canada has reported revenue of $136.6m, down 4% on $142.4m last quarter but up 21% on $112.6m a year ago. 5N Plus provides ...
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Veeco Instruments Inc. (Nasdaq: VECO) has formed a strategic partnership with Agnitron Technology, Inc., a focused compound semiconductor research and development company specializing in the refurbishment and upgrade of Veeco legacy metal ...
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Philips, OSRAM SYLVANIA, Xicato, Qualcomm, the American Lighting Association and more will share their vision for the future of solid state lighting at?LEDs and the SSL Ecosystem 2014: Lighting in the Information Age. This 15th annual ...
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MicroSense LLC of Lowell, MA, USA, which supplies dimensional non-contact wafer metrology equipment for manufacturing silicon, compound semiconductor and power devices as well as magnetic metrology systems for MRAM (magnetoresistive ...
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Materials, component and precision system supplier Ferrotec Corp, whose Temescal division of Livermore, CA, USA manufactures electron-beam-based evaporative coating systems, has unveiled the Temescal UEFC-4900, a mid-sized ...
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Brewer Science Inc of Rolla, MO, USA, which provides thin-wafer-handling materials, processes and equipment, has unveiled the Apogee bonder for temporary wafer bonding applications. The firm says that this marks a milestone in leveraging ...
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For fiscal second-quarter 2014 (to end-March), Emcore Corp of Albuquerque, NM, USA, which makes compound semiconductor-based components and subsystems for the fiber-optic and solar power markets, has reported revenue of $42.2m, down 4.5% on ...
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SAMCO Inc of Kyoto, Japan, a supplier of plasma etch, chemical vapour deposition (CVD) and surface treatment systems to compound semiconductors device makers, has relocated its US East Coast regional office. Due to a rise in customers in ...
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Demand for gallium is forecast to rise rapidly between 2014 and 2020 as general lighting moves away from incandescent and fluorescent lamps to light-emitting diodes (LEDs). This strong growth is not, however, likely to result in any ...
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Demand for gallium will rise rapidly between 2014 and 2020 as general lighting moves away from incandescent and fluorescent lamps to light-emitting diodes, but this strong growth is unlikely to result in any tightness in supply as the ...
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Dow Corning Corp of Midland, MI, USA, which provides silicon and wide-bandgap semiconductor technology, has introduced a product grading structure for silicon carbide (SiC) crystal quality that specifies new tolerances on killer device ...
Epiwafer foundry and substrate maker IQE plc of Cardiff, Wales, UK has joined a new consortium to establish a pan-European supply chain capability for the high-volume production of vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers (VCSELs) for ...
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GaN-on-Si technology has emerged naturally as an alternative to GaN-on-sapphire — the mainstream technology for LED applications. But today, despite potential cost benefits, the mass adoption of GaN-on-Si technology for LED ...
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On 18 March at the CS International Conference in Frankfurt, Germany, Emcore Corp of Albuquerque, NM, USA, which makes compound semiconductor-based components and subsystems for the fiber-optic and solar power markets, received the 2014 CS ...
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Epiwafer foundry and substrate maker IQE plc of Cardiff, Wales, UK has received its first $1m purchase order agreement for indium antimonide (InSb) substrates, which are used in mid-wavelength infrared (MWIR) imaging technology. IQE ...
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