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Bluglass enters another partnership after raising $3 million

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Australian semi-conductor start-up BluGlass has signed another major partnership with a leading industrial group after raising another $3 million to try and bring its ground-breaking LED technology to market.

The Sydney-based BluGlass said on Tuesday it will commence a collaboration with HC SemiTek, a leading Chinese LED chip manufacturer that supplies full-color ultra-high brightness LED products throughout the Chinese market.

HC SemiTek wants to look at how the BluGlass technology – known as Remote Plasma Chemical Vapour Deposition, or RPCVD – can help in the production of green LEDs and in high brightness LEDs.

The Chinese manufacturer will supply 4 inch wafers to BluGlass to deposit RPCVD films and HC SemiTek will then fabricate the LED devices for testing.

The agreement follows a collaboration agreement with LumiLeds, a subsidiary of Philipps Lighting, and an “evaluation project” with Veeco as the major industrial groups look at how they can incorporate BluGlass’ low temperature technology to improve efficiency and reduce costs in the growing LED market.

“It is fantastic to see the commercial interest building in the RPCVD technology capability. We now have three industry evaluations in place with companies that have respected leadership positions in their relative markets,” BluGlass managing director Giles Bourne said in a statement.

“This forms part of our key strategy to complete our industry acceptance phase as we progress towards commercialising our proprietary RPCVD technology.”

Last week, BluGlass raised $3 million from institutional investors to boost working capital and support the various collaboration programs.

Giles Parkinson is founder and editor-in-chief of Renew Economy, and founder and editor of its EV-focused sister site The Driven. He is the co-host of the weekly Energy Insiders Podcast. Giles has been a journalist for more than 40 years and is a former deputy editor of the Australian Financial Review. You can find him on LinkedIn and on Twitter.

Giles Parkinson

Giles Parkinson is founder and editor-in-chief of Renew Economy, and founder and editor of its EV-focused sister site The Driven. He is the co-host of the weekly Energy Insiders Podcast. Giles has been a journalist for more than 40 years and is a former deputy editor of the Australian Financial Review. You can find him on LinkedIn and on Twitter.

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