Equipment and Materials ♦ news digest
period included a $0.4 million gain on the sale of equity investments, while results for the 2010 period included a gain on the sale of equity investments of $2.6 million.
Business Outlook
Based on current trends in its business, the Company expects 2011 revenues in the range of $128 million to $132 million. In the fourth quarter of 2011 Kopin believes that revenues will increase from the third quarter of the year as a result of increased demand for its III-V BiHEMT products and display sales driven by new design wins for digital still cameras and increased military product shipments.
“During periods of economic volatility as we are experiencing, we understand that there is one school of thought to scale back on investment and R&D and wait for the market to bounce back. Our philosophy is to use opportunities like this to invest in our business – including BiHEMT structures, the TWS program, night vision technology and Golden-i – to extend our leadership position while still maintaining our financial strength,” Fan said.
“Our BiHEMT activities are having the most immediate impact, as demand for this product is up six-fold from 2010 and we expect it to continue to ramp through 2012. During the summer our night vision products went through the first round of testing and the feedback was good.”
“During the third quarter we produced another round of qualification units that were shipped to the government in October. These will be tested through first quarter of 2012 after which it is anticipated the government will award production contracts. Furthermore, during the third quarter we had installed a wireless camera into the game- changing Golden-i system. While it will continue to undergo modifications and testing we are on schedule for its formal product introduction next year,” concluded Fan.
Kopin hosted a conference call discussing its third- quarter 2011 financial results. The call is available as an archived audio webcast on the “Investors” section of the Kopin website.
Watlow unveils enhanced developments for wafer processing
The firm’s new polyimide flexible heaters have low outgassing and are resistant to radiation, solvents and many other chemicals used in compound semiconductor wafer processing.
Polyimide is a thin, lightweight organic polymer film that provides excellent tensile strength, tear resistance and dimensional stability.
Polyimide heaters are best suited for semconductor including compound semiconductor wafer processing applications. Polyimide has the additional attributes of low outgassing for and is resistant to radiation, solvents and many other chemicals.
Watlow’s enhanced precision registration cutting provides tight tolerance to fit customer’s application needs. New product features allows Watlow to custom design a heater to meet power supply needs.
Watlow can assist in development of polyimide heaters to meet the exact application requirements through precise temperature distribution. By properly bonding or attaching the heater to a customer’s, Watlow creates subassemblies that reduce installation costs for customers.
Capabilities include surface mount component integration, thermal subassemblies and fine etch
November/December 2011
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