VANCOUVER, Aug. 3, 2018 /CNW/ - Zecotek Photonics Inc.
("Zecotek" or the "Company") (TSX-V: ZMS) (Frankfurt: W1I) (OTCPK:
ZMSPF), a developer of leading-edge photonics technologies for
healthcare, industrial and scientific markets, is pleased
to announce the grand opening of its LFS Crystal Production
Facility in Shanghai, China. A
number of local dignitaries and key Chinese and European OEM
customers were on hand to meet senior executives and the senior
technical team to celebrate the occasion.
"I am very pleased to welcome our honored guests to the grand
opening of Zecotek's LFS Crystal Production Facility here in
Shanghai, China," said Dr.
A.F. Zerrouk, Chairman, President, and CEO
of Zecotek Photonics Inc. "Having our own
state-of-the-art production facility has given us full control of
our product as we are now able to deliver high quality products at
competitive costs. We have had a successful launch and we expect to
reach full capacity with existing ovens very soon."
The ISO certified LFS Crystal Production Facility has sufficient
capacity to meet the delivery schedule of our Tier 1 clients and
will be expanded to meet growing demand in late 2018 and early
2019.
Zecotek's patented LFS scintillation crystals are grown using
the Czochralski method with internal modifications. This
proprietary growing method produces very large-diameter boules with
uniform properties and without cracking (a problem with many
competing scintillation materials). This highly efficient method
produces a great number of high quality elements from each boule.
Larger, higher quality boules, produce more single elements
resulting in greater output and lower unit costs.
Cutting, polishing and array assembly will also be done at the
production facility in Shanghai.
Zecotek has a proprietary automated manufacturing process that uses
robotics to assemble the LFS crystal arrays. The automated process
will translate into faster manufacturing of arrays, and improve the
performance of the arrays with repeatable uniformity and much
greater accuracy.
Zecotek's LFS series of scintillation crystals are protected in
China and jurisdictions around
globe by a worldwide patent (including US patent No. 7,132,060).
The crystals cover a wide range of emission wavelengths which can
be tailored to match the spectral sensitivity of various photo
detectors including Zecotek's own solid-state MAPD/T photo detector
arrays.
Zecotek is focused on becoming a leading supplier of
scintillation crystals and other key photonic components in
China and around the world.
About Zecotek
Zecotek Photonics Inc (TSX-V: ZMS) (Frankfurt: W1I) (OTCPK:
ZMSPF) is a photonics technology company developing
high-performance scintillation crystals, photo detectors, positron
emission tomography scanning technologies, 3D auto-stereoscopic
displays, 3D metal printing, and lasers for applications in
medical, high-tech and industrial sectors. Founded in 2004, Zecotek
operates three divisions: Imaging Systems, Optronics Systems and 3D
Display Systems with labs located in Canada, Korea, Russia, Singapore and U.S.A. The management team is focused on
building shareholder value by commercializing over 50 patented and
patent pending novel photonic technologies directly and through
strategic alliances with Hamamatsu Photonics (Japan), the European Organization for Nuclear
Research (Switzerland), Shanghai
EBO Optoelectronics Technology Co. (China), NuCare Medical Systems (South Korea), the University of Washington (United States), and National NanoFab Center
(South Korea). For more
information visit http://www.zecotek.com and follow @zecotek on
Twitter.
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