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Apple's Alchemy Turns Sapphire Into US Manufacturing Jobs

Nov 5, 2015

The factory in Mesa, Arizona, had never been intended to house the manufacture of a gemstone. Ahead of the photovoltaics industry’s 2011-2012 meltdown, First Solar had built it with the aim of producing 280 MW worth of solar panels ...

Tags: Arizona, photovoltaics industry, Alchemy Turns Sapphire

Report: Silicon to Play Major Role in LED Production

Nov 5, 2015

In a dramatic change from the status quo, nearly half of all gallium nitride (GaN) LEDs will be produced on silicon substrates by the end of the decade. That’s according to a new report by analysts at IHS, who forecast that the ...

Tags: LED Production, GaN LEDs, sapphire wafers

Rubicon Shows Large-Diameter PSS and Line of 4" and 6" Polished Sapphire Wafers

Mar 25, 2015

In booths N0326 & N0328 at LED Taiwan 2015 in Taipei (25-28 March), Rubicon Technology Inc of Bensenville, IL, USA (which makes monocrystalline sapphire substrates and products for the LED, semiconductor and optical industries) is ...

Tags: Rubicon Sapphire substrates, LED Market

Biel Crystal Manufactory and Lens Technology Have Expanded Production Capacities

Mar 19, 2015

China-based sapphire makers Biel Crystal Manufactory and Lens Technology, in view of growing adoption of sapphire optical applications in wearable devices and smartphones, have expanded production capacities, according to industry sources ...

Tags: Sapphire, Lens Technology

Xiaomi Technology Is Likely to Adopt Sapphire for Protective Covers of Xiaomi 5

Dec 24, 2014

China-based smartphone vendor Xiaomi Technology is likely to adopt sapphire for protective covers of Xiaomi 5, its 5.7-inch flagship model that will be showcased at the 2015 Consumer Electronics Show, Taiwan-based supply chain makers cited ...

Tags: Xiaomi, industry sources, Lights

GTAT Move to Seek Bankruptcy Protection on October 6 Came as a Surprise to The IT Industry

Oct 17, 2014

GT Advanced Technologies' (GTAT) move to seek bankruptcy protection on October 6 came as a surprise to the IT industry especially because the maker was a major supplier of Apple for sapphire screens. The related supply chain in general, ...

Tags: GTAT, Sapphire Industry

Sapphire Substrate Non-LED Applications Are Projected to Reach a 32% Share in 2014

May 28, 2014

Out of sapphire substrate non-LED applications, mobile devices have shown the strongest demand. Sapphire substrate non-LED applications are projected to reach a 32% share in 2014, with mobile device applications taking a 21% share, ...

Tags: LED applications, mobile devices

GTAT Will Be Making Its Next Generation Sapphire Growth Furnace

May 14, 2014

GT Advanced Technologies (Nasdaq:GTAT) announced that it will be making its next generation ASF®165 sapphire growth furnace, for the production of high volume and high quality sapphire material, commercially available in Q3'14. The ...

Tags: GT Advanced Technologies, Sapphire Furnace

GT Will Be Making Its Next-Generation ASF165 Sapphire Growth Furnace

May 10, 2014

GT Advanced Technologies Inc of Merrimack, NH, USA (a provider of polysilicon production technology as well as sapphire and silicon crystalline growth systems and materials for the solar, LED and power electronics markets) says that it will ...

Tags: GT Sapphire furnace, Electrical, Electronics

IHS Predicts Rapid Transition to GaN-on-Silicon LED Manufacture for Backlighting

Dec 16, 2013

silicon to play major role in LED production 13 Dec 2013 IHS predicts rapid transition to GaN-on-silicon LED manufacture for backlighting and some general lighting applications. Silicon switch In a dramatic change from the status ...

Tags: IHS, LED Production, LED

Sapphire Substrates Gains Interest From Apple

Nov 14, 2013

Reasons behind Apple’s heavy investments in GT Advanced Technologies (GTAT) sapphire substrates go beyond iPhone component demands, according to a TechCrunch report. Aside from home buttons and camera lens cover demands, the sapphire ...

Tags: Apple, Sapphire Substrates

GTAT Has Announced That Apple Will Pre-Pay US$578 Million to Secure Sapphire Supply

Nov 12, 2013

US-based crystal growth solution and equipment provider GT Advanced Technologies (GTAT) has announced that Apple will pre-pay US$578 million to secure sapphire supply. GTAT will be able to use the funds to set up additional sapphire ...

Tags: Apple Funding, iPhone Screen

Shipping 14 K1 Sapphire Crystal Growers to Europe

Feb 20, 2013

Thermal Technology, a leading manufacturer of crystal growth equipment and high temperature furnace systems, recently shipped 14 K1 HB LED-grade sapphire crystal growers to a customer in Europe. The K1’s large 90kg sapphire boule is ...

Tags: Thermal Technology, LED market, LED production

Rubicon Has Shipped a Total of 400,000 Six-Inch Sapphire Wafers to SoS/RFIC Markets

Feb 1, 2013

Rubicon Technology Inc of Bensenville, IL, USA, which makes monocrystalline sapphire substrates and products for the LED, RFIC, semiconductor and optical industries, says it has shipped a total of 400,000 six-inch sapphire wafers to LED ...

Tags: LED manufacturing, LED, LED lighting

ARC Energy's CHES Performance Upgrades is Supported by Jiangsu Trinity Material

Jan 4, 2013

According to Advanced RenewableEnergy Company LLC (ARC Energy) of Nashua, NH, USA, a provider of c-axis sapphire growth technologies and turnkey solutions for the LED solid-state lighting market, after qualifying sapphire substrates at ...

Tags: ARC Energy, LED chip companies, Jiangsu Trinity Material, LED

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