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13 July 2009

 

Riber receives orders for MBE reactors

Riber S.A. of Bezons, France, which manufactures molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) systems as well as evaporation sources and effusion cells, has announced the signing of several major orders with customers in France, Russia and Asia.

The FOTON (Optical Functions for TelecommunicatiONs) laboratory of France’s INSA-Rennes (Institut National des Sciences Appliquees de Rennes) has ordered a new research system - a Riber LPCVD21 gas-source silicon epitaxy reactor. Bought with support from the French and European funds PONANT/FEDER (Fonds europeen de developpement regional), the system will be connected to an already installed Riber Compact21 and will enable the FOTON-INSA lab to increase its optoelectronic component research capabilities (particularly relating to light transmitters based on nano-structured gallium arsenide on silicon substrates).

Also, the International Tomography Center at the Russian Academy of Science’s Siberian division in Novosibirsk has ordered a Compact21 reactor (the world’s most popular MBE research system). The reactor will be set up by Dr A. Toropov and is to be dedicated to nano-technology applications for GaAs components.

Riber also notes that sales of evaporation sources for organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) are taking off, with the signing of a significant order from a major Asian manufacturer. Over the past few years, Riber has supplied deposition system manufacturers and end users with effusion cells that are suitable for depositing OLED structures on large-size screens. OLED flat panels are more environmentally friendly and use less power than conventional displays, and their viewing angle is wider and pictures are brighter. First used in the production of small flat panels (mobile phones, radios, notebooks, etc), OLED technology is gradually diversifying with the production of flexible large-size flat panels and planar luminaires.

*Riber will report its first-half 2009 sales after the close of trading on 16 July.

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