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5N Plus subsidiary awarded $1.32 million for Ge substrates
The company will upgrade a portion of the NDS germanium metal inventory to unfinished germanium substrates to be used for multijunction solar cell production
5N Plus has announced that its 66.67% owned subsidiary Sylarus Technologies, LLC, has been awarded a US$1.32 million contract by the Defence Logistics Agency (DLA).
Sylarus will use the cash to upgrade a portion of the National Defence Stockpile (NDS) high purity germanium metal inventory to unfinished germanium substrates. These will be used in the manufacture of multijunction photovoltaic solar cells employed in National Security Space (NSS) applications.
Sylarus is the sole U.S. domestic space‐qualified germanium substrate supplier to NSS customers, and says it is one of only two NSS‐qualified germanium substrate suppliers worldwide.
The latest award brings the total Sylarus U.S. Government contract award value to over US$10 million.
The DLA award is strategic in nature as Sylarus now becomes part of the U.S. NDS for strategic materials. The company now believes it has the potential for a follow‐on business, both as a strategic metal supplier and NDS inventory manager.
5N Plus manufactures purified metals such as gallium, germanium, indium, selenium and tellurium, used in the MOCVD growth of compound semiconductor wafers.
Sylarus will use the cash to upgrade a portion of the National Defence Stockpile (NDS) high purity germanium metal inventory to unfinished germanium substrates. These will be used in the manufacture of multijunction photovoltaic solar cells employed in National Security Space (NSS) applications.
Sylarus is the sole U.S. domestic space‐qualified germanium substrate supplier to NSS customers, and says it is one of only two NSS‐qualified germanium substrate suppliers worldwide.
The latest award brings the total Sylarus U.S. Government contract award value to over US$10 million.
The DLA award is strategic in nature as Sylarus now becomes part of the U.S. NDS for strategic materials. The company now believes it has the potential for a follow‐on business, both as a strategic metal supplier and NDS inventory manager.
5N Plus manufactures purified metals such as gallium, germanium, indium, selenium and tellurium, used in the MOCVD growth of compound semiconductor wafers.
