PLAINVIEW, NY --(Marketwired - December 06, 2017) - Veeco Instruments Inc. (
"Veeco's new EPIK 868 MOCVD system continues their longstanding reputation of offering significant performance, advantages and exceptional process efficiency compared to the competition," said Mr. Pan Huarong, Chairman of Focus Lightings Tech Co Ltd. "Adding these systems to our manufacturing facility and utilizing Veeco's unique process know-how will provide us with a major competitive advantage."
Since its introduction in September of this year, Veeco has shipped several large orders of the EPIK 868 platform to Chinese customers. The EPIK 868 MOCVD system offers customers a four-reactor platform with Veeco's proprietary TurboDisc technology for the highest productivity and a 35% footprint reduction compared to the competition. Furthermore, the wafer carrier capacity can be increased for even greater throughput per batch.
"We are pleased Focus Lightings chose our latest MOCVD platform for their production ramp plans, adding to their existing install base of Veeco systems," said Peo Hansson, Ph.D., Senior Vice President and General Manager, Veeco MOCVD Operations. "The EPIK 868 was designed for the China market enabling greater productivity and even lower cost of ownership on a reliable and leading-edge MOCVD platform. We have received terrific feedback from customers regarding the new platform and we look forward to supporting Focus Lightings' growth plans."
About Focus Lightings
After a 2014 restructuring, the main business of Focus Lightings is LED epitaxial wafers and chip research and development, production and sales operations and on LED lighting applications for energy management services. Since its inception, Focus Lightings has formed a corporate culture represented by continuous, common cognitive learning system and positive innovation of all staff. Learn more at www.focuslightings.com .
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