Major MBE services and components order for the full reconfiguration of a production system in France
Bezons, January 27, 2014 - 8:00 am - Riber, the global leader for molecular beam epitaxy (MBE), is announcing a major order for the modernization of the fleet of R&D and pilot production MBE systems used by GIE III-V Lab, the joint Alcatel-Lucent, Thales and CEA-Leti industrial research laboratory.
This order, included in the backlog at December 31st, 2013, concerns the full refurbishment of a production system. More specifically, its modernization will help increase our customer's production capacity for optoelectronic and microelectronic components destined to the telecommunications and defense industries, while significantly extending the system's lifetime.
This is Riber's biggest system upgrade project to-date, covering all functions and components of an MBE production system. This order confirms Riber's customer service strategy with the strengthening of its technical and commercial organization, and the development of standard products for the upgrading of the installed production system base.
About RIBER:
Riber designs and produces molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) systems as well as evaporation sources and cells for the semiconductor industry. This high-technology equipment is essential for the manufacturing of compound semiconductor materials and new materials that are used in numerous consumer applications, from new information technologies to OLED flat screens and new generation solar cells.
The Riber Group recorded €23.5 million in revenues for 2013, with 109 employees at the end of 2013. The company is ISO9001 certified. Riber is listed on NYSE-Euronext Paris, Compartment "C", and is part of the CAC Small, CAC Mid & Small, CAC Technology and CAC T. HARD. & EQ indices. Riber is one of the best-rated companies in the Gaïa-index, the leading SRI index for French mid-caps.
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About GIE III-V Lab
The mission of III-V Lab is to perform research and development on III-V semiconductor components, from basic research to product development, taking advantage of the commonalities between the technologies developed for different markets addressed by Thales and Alcatel-Lucent, such as telecom, space, defence and security.
III-V Lab has also the capacity to produce and sell components (epitaxial wafers, processed wafers, modules) in small to medium quantities; this is one of its main business development axis. Such capacity is particularly adapted to address in a flexible way the rapid evolution of the market, allowing partner companies (modules or systems manufacturers, including of course the mother companies Alcatel-Lucent and Thales) to have an early access to the components; in a second step, depending on the market evolution, if larger quantities are required, the technology will be transferred to a partner company with larger production capacities.
Its staff amounts to approximately 100, including 95 researchers.
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