3 June 2011

CSTG wins six-figure supply deal from Chinese comms developer

Optoelectronics device foundry Compound Semiconductor Technologies Global Ltd (CSTG) of Hamilton Technology Park, High Blantyre (near Glasgow), Scotland, UK says that it has secured a six-figure supply agreement with one of China’s emerging telecom and datacom developers.

CSTG was formed in 1999 by the universities of Strathclyde and Glasgow (together with Scottish Enterprise) as a ‘pure play’ foundry supplier in West of Scotland Science Park, specializing in the design, development and manufacture of discrete and integrated III-V optoelectronic wafers and chips with clients in the communications, defense, medical, energy and instrumentation markets.

The latest news comes as the firm has reached a production milestone, having manufactured 2 million laser chips since acquiring the manufacturing facility in Hamilton in January 2010 from Intense Photonics Ltd (a manufacturer of makes single- and multi-mode monolithic laser array products and high-power laser diodes). CSTG is now set to double its annual revenue to £5m within the next three years.

“We have been making considerable headway in the Chinese market for some time and have now reached a key milestone, which underscores the significant investment we’ve made in developing our own proprietary modular process technology platforms,” says CEO Neil Martin. “This commitment now sees CST firmly at the forefront of this global market,” he reckons.

“Chinese companies are increasingly looking to develop their own operations beyond pure manufacturing,” continues Martin. “Even though these markets have been traditionally high-volume low-cost, we have achieved considerable success in working with such companies to incorporate custom-built CST laser technologies into their products,” he adds.

“The development of modular technology platforms has allowed us to remain both competitive and agile: CST doesn’t need to go back to the R&D team every time a new requirement comes along,” notes Martin. “This accelerates time to market for our customers.”

The optoelectronics sector is experiencing rapid growth, with significant demand coming from the datacom and telecoms sectors.

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