II-VI Adds Executive Vice President, Finalizes Acquisitions

PITTSBURGH, Oct. 7, 2020 — II-VI Inc. announced that Sohail Khan has joined the company as executive vice president of new ventures and wide-bandgap electronics technologies. The company additionally closed on its acquisition of Ascatron, a Swedish company that produces silicon carbide (SiC) epitaxial wafers and devices for power electronics, and on all outstanding interests of the owners of the parent of INNOViON Corp., a Colorado Springs, Colo.-based developer of ion implantation technology and services for semiconductor devices. II-VI announced both acquisitions in August 2020.

Khan previously served as managing partner for K5 Innovations and as CEO of three companies, including a developer of ultrahigh definition video solutions for semiconductors, and a fuel-cell company.

II-VI also announced it has joined the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA).

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Published: October 2020

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electronics: That branch of science involved in the study and utilization of the motion, emissions and behaviors of currents of electrical energy flowing through gases, vacuums, semiconductors and conductors, not to be confused with electrics, which deals primarily with the conduction of large currents of electricity through metals.
epitaxial: Epitaxial refers to the growth of a crystalline layer on a crystalline substrate in such a way that the orientation of the crystal lattice of the growing layer is related to that of the substrate. In other words, epitaxial growth involves the deposition of a thin film or layer of material onto a crystalline substrate in a way that maintains a well-defined relationship between the atomic arrangement of the layer and the substrate. Epitaxial growth is commonly used in the manufacturing of...