PLAINVIEW, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Veeco Instruments Inc. (Nasdaq:VECO) announced today that Xiamen
Changelight Co., Ltd. (Changelight) has selected the Company as its
primary equipment provider as it enters the market to produce gallium
nitride (GaN) based blue/green high brightness light emitting diodes
(LEDs) for display and general lighting applications.
During the second quarter of 2014, Changelight ordered multiple
TurboDisc® MaxBright® M™ GaN Metal Organic Chemical Vapor Deposition
(MOCVD) Systems. In addition, Changelight purchased a TurboDisc K475™
MOCVD system to expand its production of red, orange and yellow (ROY)
LEDs.
“In the past we have used competitive MOCVD equipment for the majority
of our production of ROY LEDs,” said Professor Wang Xiangwu, General
Manager of Changelight. “As we make this important move into the
GaN-based lighting market, we decided to switch to Veeco’s MaxBright M
MOCVD system, which we believe will offer the best throughput and cost
of ownership to help enable our success and growth in the general
illumination market.”
The MaxBright M offers a modular, compact design for improved
serviceability and up to 15% improved footprint efficiency compared to
the standard MaxBright MOCVD system. It features more layout
configuration options to fit various fab spacing requirements, including
sub-floor storage, enabling more wafer starts per square foot, which
translates into a lower cost of ownership.
“Changelight’s decision to purchase Veeco’s MOCVD platform for its GaN
LED production reflects our ability to develop innovative manufacturing
solutions with the best performance,” said Jim Jenson, Senior Vice
President and General Manager of Veeco MOCVD. “We have seen Changelight
dominate the ROY market in China for some time and believe that, with
our technology and its knowledge of the industry, Changelight is well
positioned to successfully expand into the backlighting and general
illumination market.”
About Xiamen Changelight Co., Ltd.
Xiamen Changelight Co., Ltd was established in February 2006 with total
assets of over RMB 300 million. It is a high-tech enterprise
specializing in research, development, production and sales of
high-quality quaternary alloy AlGaInP of red, orange, yellow LED wafers,
chips and high-performance GaAs solar cells. The company is located at
the national level Torch Industrial Park (Xiang’an District, Xiamen)
with high standard clean workshop. For further information, please visit http://www.changelight.com.cn/en/index.asp.
About Veeco
Veeco’s process equipment solutions enable the manufacture of LEDs,
flexible OLED displays, power electronics, hard drives, MEMS and
wireless chips. We are the market leader in MOCVD, MBE, Ion Beam and
other advanced thin film process technologies. Our high performance
systems drive innovation in energy efficiency, consumer electronics and
network storage and allow our customers to maximize productivity and
achieve lower cost of ownership. For information on our company,
products and worldwide service and support, please visit www.veeco.com.
To the extent that this news release discusses expectations or
otherwise makes statements about the future, such statements are
forward-looking and are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties
that could cause actual results to differ materially from the statements
made. These factors include the risks discussed in the Business
Description and Management's Discussion and Analysis sections of Veeco's
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2013 and in
our subsequent quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, current reports on Form
8-K and press releases. Veeco does not undertake any obligation
to update any forward-looking statements to reflect future events or
circumstances after the date of such statements.
Source: Veeco Instruments Inc.