We develop, manufacture, and market engineered materials, optoelectronic components, and devices for precision use in industrial materials processing, optical communications, aerospace and defense, consumer electronics, semiconductor capital equipment, life sciences, and automotive applications and markets. We use advanced engineered materials growth technologies coupled with proprietary high-precision fabrication, microassembly, optical thin-film coating, and electronic integration to manufacture complex optoelectronic devices and modules. Our products are deployed in a variety of applications, including (i) laser cutting, welding, and marking operations; (ii) 3D sensing consumer applications; (iii) optical, data, and wireless communications products; (iv) strategic aerospace and defense applications including intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance; (v) semiconductor processing and tooling; and (vi) thermoelectric cooling and power-generation solutions.
Through research, development and engineering (RD&E) and acquisitions, we have expanded our portfolio of materials. We believe that the materials we grow and fabricate are differentiated by one or a combination of unique optical, electrical, thermal, and mechanical properties. Our optics are shaped by precision surfacing techniques to meet the most stringent requirements for flat or curved geometries, functionalized with smooth or structured surfaces, or with patterned metallization. Proprietary processes developed at our global optical coating centers differentiate our products’ durability against high-energy lasers and extreme operating environments. Optical coatings also provide the desired spectral characteristics ranging from the ultraviolet to thefar-infrared. We leverage these capabilities to deliver miniature- to large-scale precision optical assemblies, including those in combination with thermal management components, integrated electronics, and/or software.
We also offer a broad portfolio of compound semiconductor lasers that are used in a variety of applications in most of our end markets. These compound semiconductor lasers enable high-power lasers for materials processing; optical signal amplification in terrestrial and submarine communications networks;high-bit-rate server connectivity between and within datacenters; and fast and accurate measurements in biomedical instruments, consumer electronics, and optical communications network monitoring.
We generate revenues, earnings and cash flows from developing, manufacturing and marketing a broad portfolio of products for our end markets. We also generate revenue, earnings and cash flows from government-funded research and development contracts relating to the development and manufacture of new technologies, materials and products.
Our customer base includes original equipment manufacturers, laser end users, system integrators of high-power lasers, manufacturers of equipment and devices for industrial, optical communications, consumer electronics, security and monitoring applications, U.S. government prime contractors, and various U.S. government agencies.
We are headquartered in Saxonburg, Pennsylvania, with RD&E, manufacturing, and sales facilities worldwide. Our U.S. production and research and development operations are located in Pennsylvania, California, New Jersey, Texas, Mississippi, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Delaware, New York, Florida, Ohio, Arizona, Colorado, and Illinois, and ournon-U.S. production operations are based in China, Singapore, Vietnam, the Philippines, Germany, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom. We also utilize contract manufacturers and strategic suppliers.
Company Information
We were incorporated in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania on June 22, 1971. Our corporate headquarters are located at 375 Saxonburg Boulevard, Saxonburg, Pennsylvania 16056. Our telephone number is (724)352-4455. Our Internet website address iswww.ii-vi.com. The information contained on, or that can be accessed through, our website is deemed not to be incorporated in this prospectus or to be part of this prospectus. Our name is pronounced “Two Six Incorporated,” which refers to Groups II and VI on the periodic table of elements from which we originally designed and produced infrared optics for high-power carbon dioxide lasers used in materials processing. You can obtain additional information regarding our business by reading our Annual
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