23 Aug 2011

Rubicon Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ:RBCN), based in Bensenville, IL, has installed enhancements to its crystal growth furnaces throughout the company, updating all furnaces to Version ES2-XLG3.0.

Version ES2-XLG3.0 is the company’s latest proprietary furnace design for the production of large-diameter sapphire material. The ES2-XLG3 now operates in the company’s high-efficiency crystal growth facilities in Batavia and Bensenville, Illinois. Rubicon also made headlines in June, when its facility in Penang, Malaysia began volume production of 6-inch and 8-inch sapphire wafers.

To date, the company has shipped more than 100,000 six-inch sapphire wafers.

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