Industrial exhibits

• Aixtron

AIXTRON is the leading manufacturer of MOCVD equipment for compound semiconductors and oxide-based materials. The Planetary ReactorŽ with a capacity of up to 5 x 6" is the world's most widely-used MOCVD production tool for the large-scale production for p-HEMTs, HBTs, blue/green LEDs, lasers, solar cells, UHB-LEDs. It enables efficient manufacturing with lowest cost of ownership and has been proven in production for more than ten years. AIXTRON has service operations and representations in over 15 countries and the largest technology support team in the industry with more than 20 years experience.

Contact: Deirdre Berg, Marketing Assistant, Aixtron, Kackertstrasse 15-17, D-52072 Aachen, Germany, Tel: +49 241 8909473, Fax: +49 241 890940

• Emcore

Emcore Corporation offers a versatile portfolio of compound semiconductor solutions for the rapidly expanding broadband and wireless communications and solid state lighting markets. The Company's integrated solutions philosophy embodies state of the art technology, material science expertise and a shared vision of our customer's goals and objectives to be leaders and pioneers in the rapidly growing world of compound semiconductors. EMCORE's solutions include: optical components for high speed data and telecommunications; solar cells for global satellite communications; electronic materials for high bandwidth communications systems, such as Internet access and wireless telephones; MOCVD tools for the growth of GaAs, AlGaAs, InP, InGaAsP, GaN, InGaN, AlGaN, and SiC epitaxial materials used in numerous applications, including data and telecommunications modules, cellular telephones, solar cells and high brightness LEDs.

Contact: Toria Williams, Sales Promotion Manager, Les Campagnes 1C, Le Mas Neuf, 34130 Mauguio, France, Tel: +33 4 67292886, Fax: +33 4 67295801

• EMF

EMF Ltd is a vertically integrated company supplying III-V precursors (TMAl, TMG, TMI, TBA and TBP), custom epiwafers in both GaAs and InP alloys and specialist optoelectronic devices. The company is unique in its ability to provide training and technology transfer packages for both epiwafers and devices.

Contact: James E Dixon, EMF Ltd, Unit 5 Chesterton Mills, French's Road, Cambridge, CB4 3NP, United Kingdom, Tel: +44 1223 352244, Fax: +44 1223 352444

• Epichem

Epichem Limited was formed in 1983 to manufacture a range of high purity speciality chemicals and gases used in the electronics, glass and pharmaceutical industries. Epichem is an independent, privately owned company that now employs 130 personnel worldwide. The materials produced include a wide range of metalorganic chemicals, silane and boron trichloride. The company exports throughout Europe, USA and rapidly growing markets in Japan and South East Asia. Epichem has always had a strong research and development bias, contributing to several UK and European research schemes, ensuring that the products offered fulfil current and future customer demands. These products have very high purities and are recognised as being amongst the best available worldwide. Epichem has previously been granted The Queens Award for Technological Achievement jointly with DRA in 1990. In 1996 Epichem was awarded The Queen's Award for Export Achievement. In 2000 Epichem successfully won the Queens Award for Enterprise.

Contact: Sarah Leese, Epichem Ltd, Power Road, Bromborough, Wirral, CH62 3QF, United Kingdom, Tel: +44 151 3342774, Fax: +44 151 3346422

• Oxford Instruments

Oxford Instruments Plasma Technology is a leading supplier of plasma and ion beam equipment to the compound semiconductor industry. Products range from small stand-alone systems, aimed at the R&D market, through to fully clustered cassette to cassette platforms for high throughput production processing. OIPT has focused and positioned its business to better serve its compound semiconductor customers by following a key market strategy through providing tailored solutions to both the opto- and micro-electronic industry. By combining expertise in both plasma and ion-beam technologies, OIPT provides processes for almost all devices within the wireless and optical telecommunications markets, including DWDM components such as transmission and pump lasers, optical amplifiers and high quality narrow channel optical filters.

Contact: Hannah Weal, Oxford Instruments Plasma Technology, North End, Yatton, Bristol, BS49 4AP, United Kingdom, Tel: +44 1934 837000, Fax: +44 1934 837001

• Thomas Swan

Thomas Swan is the leading supplier of vertical MOCVD reactor technology. Based on the close-coupled showerhead (CCS) concept for the growth of InP, GaAs and GaN based materials we offer MOCVD equipment for both R&D and production environments. CCS-MOCVD reactors are available with capacity of 1x2", 3x2", 6(7)x2" and 19x2" or equivalents of other wafer sizes. Peripheral products include the Epison reagent concentration monitor and waste gas scrubbing systems.

Contact: Liz Quackenbush, Marketing Manager, Thomas Swan Scientific Equipment Ltd, Buckingway Business Park, Cambridge, CB4 5UG, United Kingdom, Tel: +44 1223 519444, Fax: +44 1223 519888

Caspar Fall              email: C.J.Fall@exeter.ac.uk
University of Exeter     phone: +44 (1392) 264198
Exeter EX4 4QL, UK       fax  : +44 (1392) 264111