OCI has completed the initial deployment of GT’s ASF sapphire growth furnaces that were purchased in January 2011.
OCI has begun the shipment of six-inch sapphire cores as well as two-inch and four-inch products to top manufacturers located in Taiwan and Korea.
The new eco-friendly plant has an annual production capacity of four million millimeters of sapphire.
GT Advanced Technologies Sapphire Equipment and Materials Group vice president and general manager Cheryl Diuguid said starting up a new sapphire production facility takes tremendous planning and coordination to ensure a successful launch.
