Tsinghua Tongfang adds Veeco’s MaxBright MOCVD system to its China fab

PLAINVIEW, USA: Veeco Instruments Inc. announced that Tsinghua Tongfang Co., a Beijing-based publicly listed division of the Tsinghua Holdings Co. Ltd, has placed an order for Veeco’s new TurboDisc MaxBright Multi-Reactor MOCVD System for production of high-brightness light-emitting diodes (HB LEDs).

Prof. Liu Gang, GM of Nantong Tongfang, commented: "Last year, we selected Veeco as our primary supplier for our new production facility in NanTong, China that was completed at the end of 2010. We are very pleased with the performance of Veeco’s single-chamber K465i systems, and are now excited to add the multi-chamber MaxBright system to help further improve our fab’s productivity.”

William J. Miller, executive VP, Veeco LED & Solar, added, “Tsinghua Tongfang has done a great job building their LED business, and we are extremely pleased to continue to support their further capacity expansion with our latest generation product.”