we keenly anticipate its rapid commissioning

In any event, those customers will have paid large deposits on their orders. MOCVD systems manufacturing had already been largely outsourced from the Somerset, NJ, site that was previously owned by Emcore prior to the sale of its “Turbodisc” division to Veeco back in 2003.Peeler estimated that more than 60% of manufacturing at the site has already been taken on by partners in the US, with the full switch to an outsourced model set to be completed by the end of this year. With the LED and solar sectors now the led high bay light largest within the Veeco business, Peeler is hopeful that the shift to larger wafer sizes for LED chip manufacturing, combined with what he described as “good traction” with new customers, will boost the firm's profitability towards the end of 2009 - once the current overcapacity seen in Taiwan is used up.

The Close Coupled Showerhead CRIUS system with 31x2" wafer configuration was delivered to Yangzhou Zhongke’s state of the art facility in the Yangzhou High-Tech Venture Services Center, PR China in the fourth quarter 2008. Its application will be for the development and volume production of UHB blue/green LEDs.Yangzhou Zhongke is a start-up company, building on the R&D achievements of the Institute of Semiconductors of Chinese Academy of Sciences (ISCAS). CEO of Yangzhou Zhongke, Dr. Guohong Wang said their goal is to promote the LED-based solid-state lighting industry in China. They have long-time familiarity with AIXTRON MOCVD systems such as the AIX 200 and system used for diode laser applications at ISCAS and regard them as second to none in all round utility for optoelectronic structure fabrication. The CRIUS has set the standard for LED production and we keenly anticipate its rapid commissioning.

Under the agreement, Temple has purchased the inventories and other assets of led high bay light illuminated road signs business. In addition to product inventory the purchase will include associated marketing material and customer and vendor lists. Carmanah says it will assist with the manufacturing and sales-support functions throughout the 90-day transition period. According to Carmanah CEO Ted Lattimore, the agreement underscores Carmanah’s continued focus on its strategic solar power and solar LED lighting markets.