Discover the benefits of IQE’s broad product range and global presence

IQE is the world leading supplier of semiconductor wafer products for wireless and optoelectronic components, photovoltaics and silicon based epitaxy.

To fully leverage the most from your intellectual property, we can supply you with process optimized, cost effective, world-class wafers from any of our worldwide manufacturing sites.
Offering the industry’s broadest product range with the full support and security of our global operations, we are ideally positioned as your number one choice for epiwafer products and substrates.
 

Outsourcing: The key to long-term success
Benefit from the economies of scale

Quality Policy
Commitment to quality assurance
Commitment to total customer satisfaction

Commitment to the environment

Compliance with RoHS

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Contract manufacturing: The key to long-term success

Contract wafer manufacturing is a fundamental business strategy for an ever-increasing number of compound semiconductor device manufacturers. The epitaxy process is one of the most critical and expensive parts of the manufacturing chain and, due to very significant technology developments over the past several years, now requires the highest level of expertise which is most readily available through outsourcing from a trusted supplier.

By partnering with IQE, customers are assured of the highest quality epiwafers and substrates. Possessing the largest independent manufacturing capacity worldwide, IQE is able to achieve enhanced economies of scale that no other merchant epiwafer manufacturer can realize and few in-house capabilities can match. Outsourcing with IQE ensures customer's reduced time to market and rapid access to volume production of new materials and emerging technologies.

In today's dynamic marketplace, outsourcing reduces customer's financial and technical risks associated with developing or maintaining an internal capability, allowing customers to free-up significant capital to implement their added value sector of the business chain. Every epiwafer from IQE is supplied to the customer's exact specifications. IQE is highly sensitive to the confidentiality of each customer's specification and has safeguards in place to ensure that intellectual property remains proprietary.

Benefit from the economies of scale

IQE's strategy to utilize the most advanced and highest throughput multi-wafer production systems available today offers its customers access to the most economical 2", 3", 4", and 6" epiwafers. The combined proven strengths of IQE's dual Metal Organic Vapor Phase Epitaxy (MOVPE) and Molecular Beam Epitaxy (MBE) facilities enable the company to meet all of its customers' growing demands for electronic and optoelectronic epiwafers in a timely and responsive manner, whatever the customer's preferred production technology.

IQE's long established expertise in compound semiconductor epiwafer technology has been extended to the supply of substrates through its Wafer Technology division and into technologies such as strained silicon through the IQE Silicon Compounds operation that was formed in 2000.

Through clear management focus and commitment, to comply with requirements and to continually improve the effectiveness of the quality management system by continued investment in training, systems, and state of the art equipment, IQE will deliver continued quality improvements in all aspects of its business.”

IQE shall maintain and continually improve a well-implemented QMS, enabling us to profitably manufacture products that satisfy our customers.

It is fully acknowledged by the senior management that the future success of the organization depends upon the company’s ability to maintain and enhance its reputation as a quality supplier. Such policies will be communicated, understood and reviewed for their continued suitability. Top management meetings will review and establish new quality objectives with the aim of continually improving the Quality Management System.

November 2005
 

Commitment to quality

IQE's ongoing commitment to provide the highest quality of service ensures customer satisfaction covering the entire order process — from order inception right through to delivery and after-sales support.

As a reflection of the company's steadfast dedication to quality, each operating division within IQE is certified to the ISO9001:2000 internationally recognised Quality Management System standards. IQE's quality assurance program includes wafer evaluation using the most advanced measurement techniques applied specifically to its customers' structures, thereby ensuring consistent delivery of the highest-quality products. Rigorous data logging and documentation of all manufacturing processes and procedures maintain a system of total traceability. IQE's thorough characterization of each epiwafer ensures consistent wafer uniformity and wafer-to-wafer reproducibility. By offering "process ready" epiwafers, customers save both time and money by reducing redundant incoming epiwafer inspection.

Commitment to total customer satisfaction

Customers strongly value the trust and confidence they have established with IQE as a "pure play" supplier with whom they share their most confidential and proprietary device design information. The IQE strategy has been, and will continue to be, to consolidate its position as the pre-eminent supplier of epiwafers rather than vertically integrate into device or component manufacturing. This philosophy protects customer interests to the fullest and facilitates excellent customer-supplier working relationships.

Employing its extensive MOVPE and MBE wafer production experience, IQE continually maintains its technological leadership through the development and implementation of new growth and characterization technologies and new materials solutions. IQE is actively involved in partnerships with its suppliers of crystal growth and characterization equipment to develop the next generations of epitaxy and metrology equipment with specific focus on increasing production efficiencies, reducing epiwafer costs, and maintaining its technological leadership.

Partnering with IQE is the natural choice for outsourcing of compound semiconductor epiwafers. Any device manufacturer with a clear vision of business effectiveness should team up with IQE — the best in custom epitaxy.

Commitment to the environment

The IQE group of companies specialises in the manufacture of advanced semiconductor materials and is fully committed to protecting the environment in which we live and work.  The Group strives to continually improve our environmental performance and actively promotes environmental responsibility by reducing our environmental impacts. IQE will:

• Comply with all legal and other requirements to which the company subscribes

• Prevent Pollution of our local and global environment by implementing Best Available Techniques for our plant and processes

• Prevent or reduce environmental impact of our operations, products and packaging in their manufacture, distribution, use, and disposal.

• Reduce, Reuse or Recycle our waste where possible or dispose of it ethically

• Promote the efficient use of energy in all areas.

• Minimise the use of raw materials wherever practicable.

• Implement Environmental management systems in our facilities with the aim to having them externally verified

• Adopt best practice in the handling, storage, use and disposal of all chemicals that we use

• Integrate Safety, Health, and Environment considerations into business planning and decision-making.

• Increase shareholder value and reduce our business risks through excellence in Safety, Health, and the Environment.

• Minimise any disturbance to the local community and areas of special scientific interest.

• Encourage all staff to participate in the EMS and provide adequate training for them to do so.

• Ensure that contractors working on behalf of IQE adhere to the relevant IQE environmental standards,and procedures

• Appoint a board member as responsible for ensuring that this policy is implemented across the Group

Click here to download the Group Environmental Policy (pdf: 80KB)