Technologies and Devices International Inc. (TDI) joins Oxford Instruments plc

 

April 10, 2008.  Silver Spring, Maryland, USA.  Technologies and Devices International, Inc., (TDI) is pleased to announce today that it has been acquired by Oxford Instruments plc. 

 

TDI is a world leader in the development of Hydride Vapor Phase Epitaxy (HVPE) technology and processes.  The addition of TDI’s products and expertise will allow Oxford Instruments Plasma Technology to enhance their offerings to the HBLED market as well as expand into new markets.

 

The current TDI team will remain at their present Silver Spring, Maryland facility to assure continuity of supply to existing customers of HVPE grown III-nitride materials. Expanded development and research efforts will also continue at this location as well as at Plasma Technology. Tatiana Dmitriev, President, will continue and assist with the integration along with Dr Alexander Usikov who will carry on as head of Research & Development.

 

Tatiana Dmitriev, President of TDI, said: “I would like to thank everyone at TDI for their hard work and dedication to the company. The opportunity to join Oxford Instruments allows us to further develop HVPE technology and carry on with the innovative work that my father, Vladimir, lead over the past 10 years.”

 

Oxford Instruments Plasma Technology currently supplies its Plasmalab range of etch and deposition tools to a number of leading HBLED customers.  Andy Matthews, Managing Director, said:  “This acquisition is part of our on-going strategy to deliver added value to our current and future HBLED customers and gives us the opportunity to supply new markets. We are delighted that TDI will be joining us, and look forward to working with them on developing the HVPE process further for the benefit of our customers.”

 

About TDI

 

The company is a developer and manufacturer of a range of novel compound semiconductor materials including GaN, AlN, AlGaN, InN and InGaN.  TDI has developed and commercialized a variety of compound semiconductor materials, primarily for applications in solid-state lighting, short wavelength optoelectronics and RF power electronics.  For novel development results and TDI’s product list please visit www.tdii.com.

 

 

 

 

For more information contact:

 

TDI Inc

12214 Plum Orchard Drive

Silver Spring, MD20904, USA.

Phone : 1 301 572 7834

Fax: 1 301 572 6435

Email: welcome@tdii.com

 

 

 

About Oxford Instruments Plasma Technology

 

Oxford Instruments Plasma Technology offers flexible, configurable process tools and leading-edge processes for the precise, controllable and repeatable engineering of micro- and nano-structures. Our systems provide process solutions for nanometre layer epitaxial growth of compound semiconductor material, etching of nanometre sized features and the controlled growth of nanostructures. These solutions are based on core technologies in plasma-enhanced deposition and etch, ion-beam deposition and etch, atomic layer deposition and molecular beam epitaxy. Products range from compact stand-alone systems for R&D, through batch tools and up to clustered cassette-to-cassette platforms for high-throughput production processing.