AZZURRO Opens Regional Office in Asia

Date Announced: 01 Aug 2011

Advanced semiconductor materials developer adds Taiwan base.

Dresden, Germany, 1st August 2011 - AZZURRO Semiconductors, a pioneer and leader in GaN-on-Si technology strengthens its customer support reach by establishing a Regional Office in Taipei, TAIWAN R.O.C. for its Asian customers.

AZZURRO is a manufacturer of ultra high quality Gallium Nitride (“GaN”) epiwafers based on large area silicon substrates. These wafers are used in the power semiconductor industry to build higher performance transistors and diodes, in the LED industry it will enables the manufacturers to produce inexpensive high-brightness LEDs.

AZZURRO technology provides the customers with high-quality, crack-free GaN layers on 150 mm (and soon 200 mm) standard silicon wafers with extremely low bow values, enabling the use of standard semiconductor productions facilities. The GaN-on-Si technology, previously not available on large scale wafers, will trigger a new wave of highly efficient and cost optimized components for the LED and power semiconductor industry.

The increasing dynamic of AZZURRO’s customers’ design-in and ramp-up activities has driven a swift decision for opening a regional support office, AZZURRO’s first outside of Germany and Europe. AZZURRO is destined for becoming a major supplier of GaN materials to the semiconductor industry, were Taiwan is offering the right environment and excellent location in Asia.

“As customer support in the design-in phase is pivotal to make the customers’ products a business success, a close contact is absolutely necessary. With the chosen location in Taipei, Taiwan also the Chinese, Japanese and Korean markets can be reached very quickly within two hours flight time.

AZZURRO’s aim to enable its customers a fast and smooth product introduction to quickly reap the rewards of AZZURRO’s GaN-on-Si technology was the key driver for the move by the company”, says Erwin Ysewijn, VP Sales & Marketing of AZZURRO and adds: “This enables us to better understand and resolve customer challenges in a timely fashion and offer professional solutions, in local language, local time zones and with an experienced management team on the ground.”

Source: Azzurro Semiconductors

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E-mail: erwin.ysewijn@azzurro-semiconductors.com

Web Site: www.azzurro-semiconductors.com