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10 August 2009

 

Kyma announces staffing changes

Kyma Technologies Inc of Raleigh, NC, USA, which provides crystalline gallium nitride (GaN) and aluminum nitride (AlN) materials and related products and services, has recently made several key staffing changes as it heads into its third consecutive year of growth and profitability.

Recent additions include: Anthony Graham (wafering specialist); Ron Jacobs (safety officer & crystal growth specialist); Doug Kipp (wafering manager); Greg Mulholland (director of engineering); Dr Bob Metzger (chief engineer); Dr Tanya Paskova (chief scientist); Ms Tamara Stephenson (technical sales & crystal growth engineer); and Kevin Udwary (senior production engineer).

Dr Drew Hanser, former chief technology officer, left Kyma earlier this year.

“Our current year commercial revenues have already surpassed our 2008 numbers, and our government support is also at a record level,” says Dr Edward Preble, chief operating officer & VP of finance. The market for nitride semiconductor devices is expected to surpass $9bn by 2010, and the combined addressable market for GaN and AlN substrates is expected to surpass $500m by 2010. However, the sector requires constant attention to a multitude of threats and opportunities, comments president & CEO Keith Evans. 

The firm expects to add several more new hires later this year, and in 2010 as it aims to add several new products to its portfolio and to expand its capacity for several existing products.

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