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LED-backlit TVs ‘will not be
Riber confirms return to
bolstered by one manufacturer only’ -
profitability in 2009 -
16 Jan, 2010
19 Jan, 2010
RIBER, the global leader for molecular
beam epitaxy (MBE), announces annual
LED-backlit TVs are now available at the TVs and the semiconductor technology will sales of € 17.3 million, of which € 7. 8
entry level, meaning that such an application become “universal”. million in respect of the 4th quarter.
of semiconductor technology will not fall
under the remit of one, large manufacturer. LEDs offer better contrast and brightness, Riber confirms its guidance for a full-year
can allow slimmer screens to be made and net profit over 2009. Research machine
The global lighting market is set to be enable energy savings. The technology has sales reached a historic level of € 10.1
transformed by light emitting diode (LED) progressed from their introduction in 1962 million, compared to ? 8.1 million in 2008.
semiconductors as they move from being as a low-intensity red light to The delivery of 14 MBE machines dedicated
used in one small part of TV remote controls semiconductors which contain combined to research centers (against 13 machines
to illuminating TV screens themselves, it has chips that produce different colours, the sold in 2008) partly offset the lack of
been reported. While LED-backlit TVs were newspaper explained. “In the general production system sales in the context of
at first available at a premium price only, the illumination market we are now on the verge economic crisis.
opening up of the semiconductor of that hockey stick [curve of growth] …
technology means that the LED-supported with the explosion of the backlighting The components and services division
devices are also available at entry-level, the industry,” semiconductor analyst with Lazard continued to expand and reported record
Financial Times stated. Capital Markets Daniel Amir said. sales of ? 4.8 million, an increase of 30%
compared to 2008. This development was
According to Simon Kang, president of LG’s A recent report by IMS Research noted that driven in particular by the integration of VG
home entertainment division, this means that the functionality of LEDs makes them more Semicon’s business, acquired at the end of
not one single manufacturer will be able to of an attractive investment for the hazardous 2008.
take the lead in the supply of LED-backed area equipment market.
Cell and evaporation sources sales (up 6%
compared to 2008) proved resilient to the
AIXTRON participating in National German OLED
crisis due to new markets, including OLED
cells which achieved sales of ? 1 million in
Research Project “So-Light” - 14 Jan, 2010
2009. RIBER’s 2009 sales were broken
down between Europe (45%), Asia (41%),
and North America (14%). Confirmed return
A new national R&D project has recently (Organic Vapor Phase Deposition) to profitability in 2009
been started in Germany focusing on the technology. Other project deliverables will Riber confirms its guidance for a net profit
development of OLED displays and lighting be application studies and demonstrator over the full financial year, combined with an
applications. AIXTRON will participate in devices for specific applications such as improved cash position.
this 14.7 million Euro project together with automotive or architectural lighting and
ten other partners with the target to backlights for large displays. Due to the significant progress made over
strengthen Germany’s leading position in the last financial year (products
the fast growing OLED market. “We are very happy to participate in this diversification, development of aftersales
project”, says Prof. Michael Heuken, Vice activities, higher productivity and product
President R&D at AIXTRON. “OLEDs and quality, and better cost control), Riber has
Funded by the German Federal Ministry of its application for special lighting and sound bases that should enable it to
Education and Research (BMBF) for a total signage purposes is one of our strategic continue growing in 2010.
period of three years, So-Light (Special research targets. The So-Light project
organic Light) will focus on specific OLED partners share the vision that OLEDs will The 2009 annual results will be released on
applications, such as special lighting play an important role to provide March 25th 2010 (after close of trading).
systems and displays. environmentally friendly light sources
combined with novel design opportunities.”
The technological focus will be on novel licensed to AIXTRON from Universal
materials (transport materials, triplet emitter, AIXTRONs partners in the So-Light project Display Corporation (UDC), Ewing, N.J.
redox dopants and matrix are Novaled AG Dresden, Sensient Imaging USA for equipment manufacture. OVPD®
materials),improved optical systems and on Technologies GmbH, Westfälische Wilhelms technology is based on an invention by
process technologies for small molecule University of Münster, Fraunhofer IPMS Professor Stephen R. Forrest et al. at
based OLEDs. Dresden, Symboled GmbH, Fresnel Optics Princeton University, USA, which was
GmbH, Hella KGaA Hueck & Co, Siteco exclusively licensed to UDC. AIXTRON and
As part of the latter element, AIXTRON will Beleuchtungstechnik GmbH, AEG-MIS UDC have jointly developed and qualified
take the lead in this area through the mbH and the University of Paderborn. OVPD® pre-production equipment.
optimization of its proprietary OVPD®* OVPD® technology has been exclusively
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