Dow Corning expanded into the mainstream of the business department of optoelectronic materials

For $65 billion to meet customer demand of global photovoltaic market, materials, application technology and service integrated supply business of Corelle company (Dow Corning), announced before, the optoelectronic solutions business development plan into the mainstream business of electronic products, and according to the measures to further expand the sales, marketing and product development activities to support including automotive, telecommunications and other display and expand the application development of light management market.

New Light Management division is committed to helping customers worldwide development and commercialization of various optical applications, including emission, transmission, amplification, detection, and change the light switch.

Dow Corning Corporation to expand support for optical applications is mainly due to manufacturers of products require higher performance than the traditional electronic components, such as data transmission speed faster and higher light output efficiency. Silicon provides excellent optical transmission, good transmission and design flexibility, so that they become the champion of optical applications technology.

Dow Corning global electronics industry CEO Tom Cook said: "Dow Corning has 60 years of experience in silicon chemical industry, no other company more than we understand the optical path for the strict requirements of material and silicon materials have the advantage in overcoming these challenges. Our innovative R & D to help customers develop an unprecedented optical applications. We further extend these results, the use of all aspects of the company from the technological innovation and product planning to application development, supply chain management and other business services such as strengthening the excellent ability to support customers to help them smoothly to reach the goal."

According to the introduction, Light Management division provides optoelectronic products, services and technology solutions to meet customer demand for photoelectric. The initial focus of the division is the light emitting diode (LED) the encapsulant and lens and optical components, optical fiber, light guide and light guiding application materials R & D commercialization, while providing from the optical waveguide prototype manufacturing and research and development work of the contractor to complete supply chain management solutions and other services.

Dow Corning Corporation will be the development of optical interconnection and holographic material technology, the company is now in optical component manufacturers Gemfire and holographic media and data storage system developers Aprilis cooperative research and development of these new technologies.

Optoelectronics Industry Development Association (Optoelectronics Industry Development Association: OIDA) data show that in 2004 the time electrical system market size of up to $223 billion, of which the photoelectric component accounted for $65 billion, and the photoelectric material market size was $14 billion.