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Obducat History
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2009
Sindre® 400 - designed for industrial production capacity, adapted to the LED industry and Obducat's first fully automatic machine was launched.
At the beginning of the year, Obducat becomes a partner in two extensive EU funded projects: TERAMAGSTOR, with the purpose of developing the next generation magnetic memory media, and SMASH, with the purpose of creating new materials and process technologies for use in the production of cost-efficient, energy-saving, white LED light sources. Both projects extend over three years.
Obducat implements a fully subscribed new share issue, yielding the Company about SEK 74 M before issue expenses.
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2008
Order secured from Singapore based DSI (Data Storage Institute), one of the world's most outstanding research and development centres in the information storage industry. The order concerned an Eitre® 6 HDD system, a customer specified NIL system for research and development of the next generation storage media pertaining to hard disks. The order is valued at SEK 4 million.
Obducat's and Canon MJ's first two joint orders in Japan were received in April. One concerned a semi-automatic Sindre system for the production of LED components, and the other a development system for displays. The value of the order is about SEK 10 million. In April an agreement was signed with a leading leading global maker of hard disk substrates intended for the Sindre® HDD (Hard Disk Drive) mass production sytem. The agreement marks the beginning of a collaboration leading to the supply of a customised Sindre® HDD system ready for production. The end-customer order value is SEK 36 million, Obducat's biggest ever order by a margin. The agreement incorporates an option for the end customer to purchase antoher Sindre® HDD system as well as an EBR system at an approximated end-customer value of another SEK 30 million.
In the third quarter Obducat secured an order valued at SEK 22.5 million from Taiwan-based Luxtaltek Corporation. The order concerned a Sindre® 400 system for mass production of photonic crystals in light emitting diodes, and a Sindre® 60 system. An agreement involving consumable products at a potential value of SEK 80 million during a period of 3-5 years was also signed. In October Obducat received the EuroAsia IC Industry Award in the MicroNanoSystems Innovation category for its dedicated mass production lithography tool Sindre.
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2007
The year begins with the launching of Sindre® , the HVM machine and core product in Obducat's mass production system. At the same time the collaboration agreement with Canon MJ and Obucat is supplemented by the signing of an exclusive distribution agreement. In April a NIL order is received from STMicroelectronics, one of the world's biggest producers of semiconductors, as part of the co-operation on bio and hybrid components. Epistar, world-leading in LED, places an order for a Sindre® system for commercial production purposes. Two Apollo orders are received as well as an order X500, a unique Obducat CamScan product that enables high temperature microscopy. The American patent authority grants a patent involving the EBR technology in the hard disk application area, more specifically an exposure strategy enabling improved stamps with patterns for pattern media, the next generation hard disk technology. The patent portfolio comprises a total of 226 current patent application of which 112 patents granted.
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2006
In February Obducat received its first breakthrough order for a NIL machine. More important than the actual order was that a significant industrial customer placed it with the intention of using it for industrial mass production in order to increase the production capacity. In 2006 Samsung launched a consumer electronics product containing components produced by the industrial customer in question. The breakthrough impacted positively on other ongoing industrial customer contacts. Obducat entered into agreement with Thomson regarding a development programme focusing on Obducat’s EBR and NIL technologies. The collaboration involves manufacturing of test stamps for development of a new optical storage format. Obducat signed an agreement with Canon MJ aimed at marketing Obducat’s products on the Japanese market. The agreement with Canon MJ also incorporated a statement of mutual intent to conclude a distribution agreement, which was signed in the beginning of 2007.
During 2006 a new electron beam column was also launched, reinforcing the product platform for both EBR and SEM. In connection with the launching Obducat received its first order for the new SEM product, called Apollo, from Imperial College in London. At the end of the year Obducat’s new system for mass production was completed. The machine, named Sindre®, was unveiled at a grand launch event in the beginning of 2007. |
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2005
An extraordinary General Meeting in April unanimously approved the Board’s previous decision to implement a preferential share issue. Obducat was in a position to continue its aggressive development strategy resulting in novel additional inventions and improvements to present technologies. Purposefully and consistently the Company focused on achieving a leading position in the market for NIL. A key milestone in 2005 was the completion of the basic development of two processes, IPS™ and STU™, forming the basis for the mass production concept. Coupled with the unique Soft Press™ these processes form a competitive and comprehensive solution for customers wishing to utilise NIL in mass production. The prototypes for a product platform for electron beam columns were finished in 2005, of use to product categories EBR and SEM since the performance of both is further improved. |
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2004
At the beginning of the year a new share issue of SEK 13.2 million was directed at the H&A Lux Dac Nanotech nanotechnology fund. The issue was a breakthrough in attracting foreign institutional owners. In January an extraordinary General Meeting resolved to implement a cash issue of a convertible debenture loan of SEK 50.4 million directed at the Company’s current shareholders, and a set-off Obducat’s road to success issue of SEK 17.7 million directed at holders of the Company’s convertible debenture loan maturing in May 2004. The capital contribution was used to complete the development of processes for high volume manufacturing equipments, establish service and support functions, strengthen the sales force and increase research and development capacity. |
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2003
Obducat was awarded ”Super Small Technology Award” at the highly regarded international Nano Tech 2003 fair in Tokyo. Obducat was the only non-Japanese company to receive an award.
The number of quotations continued to grow during the year and a few customer projects were added in the area of magnetic storage media and displays. |
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2002
Investment in the core areas NIL and EBR began to present more distinct results and sales increased in these two areas. A worldleading manufacturer of semiconductors bought NIL equipment from Obducat. The first order from Asia was for a NIL machine to the National Taiwan University. A further order for a NIL machine was received from the National University of Singapore. A milestone this year was the signing of a joint development agreement with General Electric.
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2001
Sales of scanning electron microscopes continued according to plan throughout the year. Four NIL machines were sold during the autumn of 2001. Further patents were granted within NIL.
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2000
Obducat continued to evolve the EBR technology while at the same time concentrating development efforts on adapting the technology for next generation hard disks. Several essential patents relating to the NIL technology were granted, and the first NIL machine was sold. Obducat received an order for a scanning electron microscope from Germany, a major manufacturer of electronic components for the car industry in Europe.
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1999
The Obducat share was quoted on NGM Equity and rapidly attracted a large number of shareholders. Obducat acquired the nanoimprint technology for high volume manufacturing of nanostructures from researchers at Lund University Faculty of Engineering, LTH.
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1997
The Obducat share was introduced on the Innovations Market in connection with a new share issue of SEK 12 million.
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1989
Henri Bergstrand and Lennart Olsson founded Obducat with the aim of simplifying the technology for developing matrices in the manufacture of CDs. |
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