LED GT Solar promising industry aimed at sapphire material and equipment market

Optimistic about the rapid growth of the LED market, and the silicon solar cell production equipment giant GT Solar company is committed to developing the sapphire material and equipment business. GT Solar has bought Crystal in July 30, 2010 Systems, made its manufacturing sapphire substrate materials business with long crystal furnace equipment, active layout LED sapphire material and equipment market.

GT Solar marketing and communications department director Jeffery Nestel-Patt GT Solar pointed out that enjoys high market share in the long crystal solar polysilicon materials and equipment market, especially in the mainland and Taiwan market China China. LED sapphire substrate is currently actively expanding the crystalline material and equipment market, will be the first emerging related manufacturers as the main object of cooperation, Asia is the main focus of the company.

GT Solar, vice president of marketing Scott Kroeger said, GT Solar has been exploring new industries to expand the company's business scope, LED into the company vision with high sustainable growth trend, and the commonly used LED sapphire as a substrate material and some common polysilicon in the long crystal, and the industry is not the leading equipment the provider, in this context GT Solar decided to enter the gem material and equipment market.

The commonly used method of sapphire flame fusion method, Tirafa and Crystal kyropoulos method, and Systems is the main switching technology of sapphire thermal recovery, it is reported that this method provides the possibility for the growth of large size sapphire substrate, has successfully produced 6 inch substrate material. Large size substrate materials can effectively reduce the cost of LED. Scott Kroeger said, equivalent to 2 inches of statistics, to the end of 2010, GT Solar LED sapphire annual shipments of up to 2 million mm, the total annual output to 2011 is expected to rise to 6 million mm.

The heat exchange method of sapphire crystal technology and GT Solar original polysilicon growth technique is complementary, GT Solar will combine its own solar energy in the long crystal furnace equipment experience, optimization of Crystal Systems originally occupied the sapphire crystal growth furnace, will eventually sapphire Dan Changjing furnace equipment market. Jeffery Nestel-Patt, GT Solar Crystal Systems in addition to the existing production capacity continues to expand, will begin in April 2011 of foreign production of sapphire crystal furnace, is expected to 2012, revenue contribution related equipment will reach $100 million.