News and events

6 March 2018

Monocrystal delivers 150-millionth TIE

Monocrystal, a global leader in synthetic sapphire growing and processing, celebrates the shipment of its 150-millionth two-inch equivalent product.
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26 April 2017

Monocrystal facilitates microLED development with its new Ultra-Clean sapphire wafers

Monocrystal announced the release of its new Ultra-Clean sapphire wafers. Monocrystal applied its cutting-edge cleaning technology to achieve a breakthrough in wafer surface quality, required by high-precision optoelectronic applications, including microLEDs.
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15 March 2017

Monocrystal unveils a new back-side silver solution to PERC

Monocrystal announced the release of its new MY-655 back-side silver metallization paste for Passivated Emitter Rear Contact (PERC) solar cells.
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15 March 2017

Monocrystal introduced world’s first 350 kg KY sapphire crystal

Monocrystal demonstrated the world’s first 350 kg KY sapphire crystal. The 350 kg crystal is a part of Monocrystal’s technological roadmap, aimed at enabling higher crystal uniformity, more efficient large diameter ingot throughput for LED, and size-sensitive optical applications. Low bubble content, which is crucial for ultra-large sapphire products, has successfully been achieved with the 350 kg crystal.
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16 February 2017

Monocrystal introduces new PERC aluminum paste

The Company announced the launch of its new EFX-9X series aluminum metallization paste for Passivated Emitter Rear Contact (PERC) solar cells, specially designed for a dot laser pattern.
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18 February 2012

Monocrystal expands LED industry prospects by introducing 10-inch sapphire substrate

Monocrystal, a leading manufacturer of electronic materials for LED and solar industries, announced today availability of the company’s innovative ultra-large 10-inch C-plane epi-ready sapphire substrate.
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