Demand in the LED industry has been returning and some LED chipmakers have been enjoying 90% capacity utilization rates. Nevertheless, inventory levels are still high, causing sapphire substrate prices to remain flat. Industry sources ...
Crystal growers manufacturer Thermal Technology has set up their new Service and Technology Center in Dalian, China, to expand company’s growing market share in crystal growth equipment throughout Asia. The over 60,000 square foot ...
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Despite a pick-up in orders, Acme Electronics remains wary on the outlook for sapphire ingots citing low pricing that has not recovered. Subsidiary USI Optronics, a maker of sapphire ingots, has seen the visibility of orders shorten to ...
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A Kansas company has received $2.5 million in series A funding to commercialize its process to grow high-quality, low-cost aluminum nitride substrates. Nitride Solutions Inc., a Wichita, Kansas-based developer of aluminum-nitride (AlN) ...
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A Kansas company has received $2.5 million in series A funding to commercialize its process to grow high-quality, low-cost aluminum nitride substrates. Nitride Solutions Inc., a Wichita, Kansas-based developer of aluminum-nitride (AlN) ...
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LED manufacturer Bridgelux has announced a $25 million investment from Kaistar Lighting, and an SSL project in Tulsa, Oklahoma, that uses luminaires from Amerlux. Bridgelux has raised an additional $25 million dollars in investment capital ...
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GT Advanced Technologies Inc., (Nasdaq:GTAT), has announced that its subsidiary, GT Crystal Systems, has entered into a purchase agreement with Chongqing Silian Optoelectronics Science & Technology Co. Ltd. (Silian) of Chongqing, China. GT ...
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GT Advanced Technologies Inc., (Nasdaq:GTAT), has announced that its subsidiary, GT Crystal Systems, has entered into a purchase agreement with Chongqing Silian Optoelectronics Science & Technology Co. Ltd. (Silian) of Chongqing, China. GT ...
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Orders of 2- and 4-inch sapphire wafers have been rebounding slightly in first-quarter 2012, according to Rubicon. Industry sources indicated that orders have been showing signs of reviving but it is still too early for sapphire substrate ...
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Rubicon Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ:RBCN), a leading provider of sapphire substrates and products to the LED, RFIC, semiconductor, and optical industries, announced today that it has entered into a new contract with its largest customer for ...
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The manufacturing conference at Strategies in Light focused on methods for reducing cost through the manufacturing supply chain. Yesterday kicked off the manufacturing conference portion of Strategies in Light. Presenters discussed various ...
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Soraa, the world’s leading developer of GaN on GaNTM – gallium nitride on gallium nitride – solid-state lighting technology, today announced the launch of its flagship product, the Soraa LED MR16 lamp. The new product is ...
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Soraa, the world’s leading developer of GaN on GaNTM – gallium nitride on gallium nitride – solid-state lighting technology, today announced the launch of its flagship product, the Soraa LED MR16 lamp. The new product is ...
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AZZURRO Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Erwin WOLF visited Taiwan and announced a variety of new advances in the GaN on Si. programs run by the company. On his trip AZZURRO's VP of Operations Dr. Markus SICKMOELLER and VP Marketing and Sales ...
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Eulitha AG of Villigen, Switzerland, a producer of nanostructures using advanced lithography techniques, announced that it has signed a joint-development and licensing agreement with EV Group (EVG), a supplier of wafer bonding and ...
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