Veeco Instruments Inc. (Nasdaq:VECO) announced today that II-VI
Incorporated (Nasdaq:IIVI), has ordered the SPECTOR-HT™ Ion Beam
Deposition (IBD) System and added Veeco’s new Quest™ Optical Monitor,
for use in its high-volume production of laser optics.
The R&D-100 award-winning SPECTOR-HT™ IBD System produces the highest
quality optical thin films with improved levels of productivity and
throughput. The Quest Optical Monitor provides up to ten times
improvement in layer thickness accuracy compared to previous generations
for precise manufacturing control.
“Veeco’s SPECTOR-HT IBD System allows us to deliver high quality laser
optics faster by achieving superior deposition rates while maintaining
exceptional film qualities,” said Mark West, General Manager, II-VI
Infrared. “The Veeco Quest Optical Monitor upgrade is an incredible
breakthrough. It ensures we will have a repeatable, highly productive
operation using the latest technology, enabling us to produce the
highest quality laser optics.”
Headquartered in Saxonburg, Pennsylvania, II-VI is a global leader in
engineered materials and optoelectronic components. Veeco is the market
leader in MOCVD, MBE, Ion Beam and other advanced thin film process
technologies.
“II-VI is an optical coating leader and their endorsement of the
SPECTOR-HT is clear indication of its exceptional value,” said Jim
Northup, Vice President and General Manager of Veeco MBE, Optical
Systems and Ion Sources. “As the optics industry seeks faster deposition
rates and more repeatable processes, Veeco's SPECTOR-HT IBD System,
coupled with the new Quest Optical Monitor, achieves unprecedented
levels of productivity by offering the highest throughput for optical
thin film manufacturers.”
About II-VI Incorporated
II-VI Incorporated and its divisions and subsidiaries utilize expertise
in synthetic crystal materials growth, optics fabrication, electronics
component manufacture, and more to create high-tech products for a wide
range of applications and industries. Founded in 1971, II-VI
Incorporated is headquartered in Saxonburg, PA, and maintains
manufacturing facilities, distributors, and agents worldwide. II-VI
Incorporated is a public company, traded on the NASDAQ under the stock
symbol IIVI. For more information, visit http://www.ii-vi.com/.
About Veeco
Veeco’s process equipment solutions enable the manufacture of LEDs,
flexible OLEDs, power electronics, hard drives, MEMS and wireless chips.
We are the market leader in MOCVD, MBE, Ion Beam and other advanced thin
film process technologies. Our high performance systems drive innovation
in energy efficiency, consumer electronics and network storage and allow
our customers to maximize productivity and achieve lower cost of
ownership. For information on our company, products and worldwide
service and support, please visit www.veeco.com.
To the extent that this news release discusses expectations or
otherwise makes statements about the future, such statements are
forward-looking and are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties
that could cause actual results to differ materially from the statements
made. These factors include the risks discussed in the Business
Description and Management's Discussion and Analysis sections of Veeco's
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2013 and in
our subsequent quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, current reports on Form
8-K and press releases. Veeco does not undertake any obligation
to update any forward-looking statements to reflect future events or
circumstances after the date of such statements.
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