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The competitive landscape of the market presents a very interesting picture, where a large number of small players have become a force to reckon with. The market is witnessing a large scale collaboration and partnership across the value chain with number of tier-one players around the globe.


Major players in this Sapphire Technology Market include: GT Advanced Technology (U.S.), Rubicon Technology (U.S.), Namiki Precision Jewel Co. Ltd (Japan), Monocrystal Inc. (Russia), and DK Aztec Co. Ltd (Korea).


Prototype Laser Materials Synthesis Apparatus


AppliCote has its corporate headquarters in Lake Mary and the laser processing lab in Mount Dora, both in Florida.


Equipment and Materials


Sapphire market to fire up


The highlighting features of sapphire are high efficiency, good thermal and electric properties, and longer life. The material is best suited for LEDs, power electronics devices and display covers for consumer electronics


The global sapphire market by substrate is expected to reach $3.01 billion by 2020 at a CAGR of 12.31 percent, where as the Global Sapphire Technology Market for devices is expected to reach $6.17 billion by 2020 at a CAGR of 12.24 percent.


So says the report, “Sapphire Technology Market by Growth Technologies (Substrate Wafer (Si-on-Sapphire, SiC-on-Sapphire, GaN-on-Sapphire, and Others), Devices, Applications, and Geography - Analysis & Forecast to 2013 - 2020,” from marketsandmarkets.com.


The analyst says sapphire is gaining attention due to an effective cost matrix and leads to a longer life cycle with greater reliability.


The Sapphire Technology Market is expected to captivate essentials for new entrants as well as winning opportunities for the established players


The Americas has been identified as the fastest growing region, with U.S leading the way. Europe also has a very promising market with Germany and the U.K. while the ROW also impetus to the growth.


140 www.compoundsemiconductor.net March 2014


New shares from Aixtron stock options to be traded under separate ISIN New shares resulting from exercised options will be


traded on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange under a separate ISIN


Aixtron SE, has a number of stock option programs in place that grant employees the right to purchase Aixtron shares under certain conditions.


Under the terms of the stock option plan 2007, stock options can currently be exercised. New shares resulting from exercised options are not entitled to a dividend for fiscal year 2013 and will therefore be traded on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange under the separate ISIN DE000A1YDC08 until and including the day of the Annual General Meeting 2014 on May 14th, 2014.


Aixtron’s Executive and Supervisory Boards will propose to the shareholders’ meeting that the 2013 loss should be carried forward.


Craic develops thin film thickness software for sub- micron sampling


The company’s FilmPro software is used with Craic Technologies’ microspectrometers to measure the thickness of thin films of microspot areas in both reflectance and transmission


Craic Technologies, an innovator of UV-visible-NIR microanalysis solutions, is introducing Craic FilmPro film thickness measurement software.


This software package is designed to plug-in to Craic


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