Laser Shipment Up 250 Percent

!%JP Sercel Associates Inc.%! of Manchester, N.H., a manufacturer of laser scribing and laser liftoff systems for LED production, has announced that its 2010 shipments of laser processing systems for LEDs are up 250 percent over the first three quarters of 2009. The increasing demand for high-throughput 266-nm front-side scribing tools for sapphire and high-brightness LED wafers is being driven primarily by major Taiwanese and Korean manufacturers. The company’s recently released automation platform for the IX-6100 laser scribing and laser liftoff systems also is shipping to LED manufacturers.