irasia.com


BluGlass Limited

Corporate Profile


Business Description/Principal Activity

BluGlass Limited (BLG) is an innovative green technology company commercialising a breakthrough in semiconductor technology.

Evolved from more than 15 years research, BluGlass has invented a novel process using Remote Plasma Chemical Vapour Deposition (RPCVD) to grow semiconductor materials such as gallium nitride (GaN) with substantial cost competitive and environmental advantages over current commercial processes.

GaN is critical in the production of high efficiency electronic devices including next generation lighting technology, Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs). The RPCVD process is suited to a range of applications such as optoelectronic devices, transistor devices, photodiodes and thin film solar cells.

Market

GaN is widely recognised as the most commercially important semiconductor material since silicon, with its application in high brightness LEDs driving the current market worth in excess of US$6billion.

These super efficient, long life and compact devices have many advantages which have seen their uptake in a broad range number of applications, from traffic lights, backlighting in mobile appliances such as phones, laptops and PDAs to architectural and outdoor lighting.

The only limitation to LEDs moving into the mainstream general lighting market (US$100billion) is their current high cost which is being addressed by BluGlass' low cost RPCVD technology.

Company Strategy

The company's progress since IPO in September 2006 has been strong and includes growing the world's first GaN on a glass substrate and the demonstration of inherent scalability by depositing on a 6" wafer, nine times the surface area of the industry's standard 2". The BluGlass Pilot Plant was opened in July 2008 by Peter Garret, Australia's Minister for the Environment, Heritage and the Arts. This new state-of-the-art facility enables BluGlass to demonstrate the commercial capability and large cost benefits of its technology to semi-conductor manufacturers who make LED devices, with the aim of winning substantial equipment supply contracts, licensing deals and royalty income.

The company is beginning to see interest from top level corporations from Asia, the US and Europe wanting to see the technology in action. A sales and distribution agreement was signed with ITOCHU Plastics Inc, Japan in Jan 2009 and with CNT International of Korea in May 2008.

BluGlass is already in advanced discussion with universities for orders for its BLG 150 pilot-scale reactors, a smaller version of its commercial technology that also incorporates the RPCVD technology.


updated 19th March, 2009


  • Company's Index
  • irasia.com

  • © Copyright 1996-2019 irasia.com Ltd. All rights reserved.
    DISCLAIMER: irasia.com Ltd makes no guarantee as to the accuracy or completeness of any information provided on this website. Under no circumstances shall irasia.com Ltd be liable for damages resulting from the use of the information provided on this website.
    TRADEMARK & COPYRIGHT: All intellectual property rights subsisting in the contents of this website belong to irasia.com Ltd or have been lawfully licensed to irasia.com Ltd for use on this website. All rights under applicable laws are hereby reserved. Reproduction of this website in whole or in part without the express written permission of irasia.com Ltd is strictly prohibited.
    TERMS OF USE: Please read the Terms of Use governing the use of our website.