The company has been a worldwide supplier of dependable

The injection molding system used by Elma allows quick and cost-effective modification of their LED and lightpipe products. Therefore, a wide range of sizes, colors, brightness, and options are available, even in small quantities. Standard color options include blue, red, and green. Customized colors are also available such as orange, amber and white. Most led high bay light designs are available in surface-mount or through-hole styles.The company has been a worldwide supplier of dependable, high performance products for over 35 years. Elma operates three facilities in the continental United States plus has locations in Switzerland, Germany, France, the United Kingdom and Israel.

Veeco Instruments has to restructure its MOCVD systems business, as the downturn continues to take its toll on the wider semiconductor industry. At Veeco Q4 earnings call, John Peeler, CEO of the company, has announced its MOCVD systems operation in New Jersey would be hit by the latest move. He said their MOCVD systems business would go to a fully outsourced model by the end of the year. He also outlined a number of wider measures to cut costs, including a 26% reduction in workforce. Veeco will employ less than 1000 employees by the end of 2009.

Demand for MOCVD and other epitaxy equipment, predominantly for HB LED and multi-junction solar cell fabrication, remained strong through the closing months of 2008, however. Korean LED maker LG Innotek ordered four of Veeco's K465 MOCVD tools, while another multi-system order was received from an unspecified maker of multi-junction solar cells. Of $110 million sales in the final quarter of 2008, LED and solar applications accounted for $37.6 million.Total equipment sales for LED and solar applications, which includes thermal sources for CIGS deposition, reached $166 million in 2008, representing 43% of overall Veeco sales and replacing data storage as Veeco's single biggest application market.Orders for LED and solar cell equipment also jumped 69% sequentially to $44 million in the last three months of 2008, helped substantially by the led high bay light. And although some LED manufacturers, particularly those in Taiwan, have delayed delivery of MOCVD equipment in recent weeks, Peeler does not believe that this will lead to substantial order cancellations.