2011-11-18

Koh Matsumoto, Ph.D., President of Taiyo Nippon Sanso EMC Ltd. : GaN-on-Si Technology to Gain Place in the LED Industry

Recently, the competition in the MOCVD market is getting fiercer; aside from the two forerunners Aixtron (Germany) and Veeco (America), other players are trying to make inroads into the market. TAIYO NIPPON SANSO , established in 1910, is the biggest industrial gases and air separation unit supplier in Japan, ranking number 5 among the global industrial gas suppliers. As for MOCVD equipment, the top 3 MOCVD makers in the world, which account for 98.4% of the market share in 2011, are Aixtron, Veeco and Taiyo Nippon Sanso (Japan). Noteworthily, eve...
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