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October 11, 2010
MICROLINK DEVICES HAS PLACED AN ORDER WITH AIXTRON AG FOR A 2800G4 HT MOCVD REACTOR.
Chicago, IL - MicroLink Devices, Inc. (www.mldevices.com), a Niles, Illinois-based semiconductor manufacturer and a leader in the development of high-efficiency, lightweight solar cells, announced that it has placed an order with AIXTRON AG (www.aixtron.com) for a 2800G4 HT MOCVD reactor, which will be used for the production of solar cells and heterojunction bipolar transistors (HBTs).
The MOCVD system will be shipped within the next 2-3 quarters and will be installed in MicroLink’s state-of-the-art production facility in Niles, Illinois. The order is funded in part by a grant from the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO), as part of its role in the Renewable Energy Production Program of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
Dr. Noren Pan, President of MicroLink Devices, comments: "We have had a good relationship with AIXTRON for many years, and this order is a centrepiece in our expansion program to satisfy the mandate of the DCEO grant. The G4 will give us the opportunity to significantly expand production of solar cells that will be fabricated using our proprietary epitaxial lift-off (ELO) process.”
About MicroLink Devices, Inc
Dr. Pan founded MicroLink in 2000. The epitaxial wafers produced by the company are an essential component in high speed communication devices. The company has earned the ISO 9001 Certification for its quality and service practices, and has been a prime federal contractor on many solar cell, optoelectronics, and electronics projects over the past six years. MicroLink has collaborated on commercial research and development projects with many other companies. The results of these projects have been exploited in widely-used commercial products.
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MicroLink Devices Inc.
David McCallum, VP of Marketing
(847) 588-3001
dmccallum@mldevices.com