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20 in 2005 to more than 60 in 2010. The firm’s research partners benefit from the development too. Thanks to a patent license agreement, the University of Magdeburg annually gains 2.5% of all EpiCurveTT sales.
At the award ceremony, the jury member Urs Fueglistaller, Director of the Swiss Research Institute of Small Business and Entrepreneurship in
St.Gallen, commented, “In particular, the jury was convinced by the fact that the partners were not discouraged by the initial skepticism of the LED industry and continued intensive and goal-oriented development of the sensor that fulfills industrial demands and meets numerous challenges occurring during the growth of compound semiconductors.”
In a few years, thanks to their energy efficiency, LEDs will completely replace the now still modern low energy light bulbs. The brilliant picture quality of the newest LED backlight flat-panel displays is based on LEDs, too. Lytec says the EpiCurveTT helps to produce affordable bright LEDs with a precise color spectrum.
LayTec is a worldwide operating enterprise and the market-leading supplier of process integrated metrology. Its products are used in the compound semiconductor industry, in the photovoltaics industry and for R&D applications related to advanced nano- scale thin-film processes.
SPTS Celebrates First Year Anniversary While Opening New Facility
The company has tripled revenues since its formation a year ago and is opening a new office in San Jose to serve its Thermal Products Division.
SPP Process Technology Systems (SPTS), a subsidiary of Sumitomo Precision Products, celebrates one year since it began operations in November 2009, while opening its new San Jose office.
The new facility serves as home to SPTS’ Thermal Products Division and North American sales and support headquarters.
Following the acquisition of Aviza Technology assets by Sumitomo Precision Products (SPP) and subsequent integration with Surface Technology Systems (STS) into SPTS, the company has grown 50 % faster than the estimated 130 % growth of the global wafer fabrication equipment segment during the past year.
The company’s Single Wafer and Thermal Products divisions derive approximately 80 %of current business from four major market segments: advanced packaging including through-silicon via (TSV) and wafer level packaging, compound semiconductor including high speed electronics and light-emitting diodes (LEDs), power semiconductors, and micro electro mechanical systems (MEMS).
“2010 has been a very good year for us,” said William Johnson, president and CEO of SPTS. “With less than two months left in 2010, we are on course to triple our revenue compared to the combined pre-acquisition entities in 2009. To attain this growth in 12 months while simultaneously completing the company and product integration is a tremendous achievement, and a testament to the hard work of our employees, plus the strong support of our global customers.” A new record of more than 40 new customer or technology wins in 2010 is a highlight of the company’s rapid growth.
“I am proud that our team has created such an amazing growth story in 12 short months,” commented Susumu Kaminaga, chairman of SPTS, and president of SPP. “SPTS grew one-and-a-half times faster than the next vendor in our peer group, and I am deeply proud to witness this success, while seeing new penetrations in our chosen market segments.”
Building on current growth momentum, SPTS looks to future technology investments by committing to joint ventures (JV) and technology partnerships. In August 2010, the company announced a $5.2 million dollar investment, and a joint venture with BluGlass.
BluGlass is an Australian green technology company whose Remote Plasma Chemical Vapour Deposition (RPCVD) process for depositing gallium nitride (GaN) and indium gallium nitride (InGaN) may potentially be a breakthrough in the production of higher efficiency LEDs.
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