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Previous Page | Contents | Zoom in | Zoom out | Front Cover | Search Issue | SubscribeqMqM | Next PageqqM qMMQmagsTHE WORLD’S NEWSSTAND ®news+viewsLED FABRICATIONOptogan opens LED chip fabOptogan GmbH has held an opening ceremonyfor its LED chip-production facilityin the German city of Landshut. The sitepreviously housed a Hitachi semiconductorfactory, with a clean-roomarea of 4000 m². Optoganhas invested tens of millionsof euros in the site,which will employ up to100 people. Initial capacitywill be over one billionLED chips per year.According to Optogan,the facility is Europe’s second-largestLED chip-productionsite. The largestis also in Germany, namely Osram OptoSemiconductors’ plant in Regensburg. TheOptogan Group, headquartered in Russia,opened a large LED packaging facility in St.Petersburg last year (www.ledsmagazine.com/news/7/11/29).“In Landshut, we have discovered theideal infrastructure for our future highvolumeproduction of LED chips,” saidHans Peter Ehweiner, managing director ofOptogan GmbH. “Our LED lamps and luminairesare on the way towards lighting upindoor, outdoor, and residential areas allover the world.” ◀MORE: www.ledsmagazine.com/news/8/10/14LED MATERIALSRubicon ships 200,000th6-inch waferRubicon Technology, Inc. (Nasdaq:RBCN) hasstated that it has shipped over 200,000 six-inchsapphire wafers to LED manufacturers worldwide.Rubicon had previously announced thatit had upgraded the crystal-growth furnacesin its three manufacturing facilities to allow8-inch sapphire wafer production. Rubiconhas production facilities in Bensenville, IL,Batavia, IL and Penang, Malaysia.Also, Rubicon says it has begun productionof aluminum oxide, the startingmaterial used to manufacture sapphire.On-site processing of aluminumoxide will allow better process controland the growth of higher-quality sapphirewith larger crystals. Some analystsexpect 8-in wafers to account for morethan 50% of the LED market by 2016.MORE: www.ledsmagazine.com/news/8/10/32_____________ _________Previous Page | Contents | Zoom in | Zoom out | Front Cover | Search Issue | SubscribeqMqM qMM MQmags| Next Page q qTHE WORLD’S NEWSSTAND ®