Crystal IS, Inc.

Native-AlN-UVC-LEDs (Klaran-/Optan-Marken) — Tochter of Asahi Kasei.

LUVEX-curated Active UV Lamps T2A Green Island, NY Founded 1997 SM
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About the company

Crystal IS Inc. ist US-Tochter (acquired 2011) the japanischen Asahi Kasei Corporation. Gegruendet 1997 to the development nativer Aluminium-Nitrid-Substrate (AlN) as UVC-LED-Basis. HQ 70 Cohoes Avenue, Green Island, NY 12183. brands: Klaran (UVC-LED-Disinfection) and Optan (UVC-Sensor-LEDs). Technische Meilensteine: 2023 Rekord 160 mW Single-Chip-UVC-LED-Output, 2024 99% nutzbare Flaeche on 100-mm-AlN-Bulk-Substrat. WICHTIG: Asahi Kasei has in the March 2026 the Einstellung the UVC-LED-Device-Produktion at Crystal IS angekuendigt (Portfolio-Optimization); AlN-Substrate-Development läuft further.

APPLICATIONS
disinfectionwater-treatmentair-purificationsensing
TECHNOLOGIES
uv-ledaluminum-nitride

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Industry story · Lifecycle

4 Meilensteine · 2011–2026

2011
  1. 01.01.2011 Acquisition

    Crystal IS acquired by Asahi Kasei

    Japan-based Asahi Kasei Corporation acquires US AlN/UVC-LED pioneer Crystal IS (Green Island, NY). Strategic bet on native aluminum-nitride substrates as foundation for high-power UVC LEDs.

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2023
  1. 01.01.2023 Product record

    Crystal IS demonstrates 160-mW single-chip UVC LED

    Engineering samples reach 160 mW output from a single UVC-LED chip — new industry output record enabled by native AlN substrates.

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2024
  1. 12.06.2024 Product record

    99% usable area on 100mm AlN bulk substrate

    Asahi Kasei / Crystal IS reach 99% usable area on a 100 mm aluminum-nitride bulk substrate — a precursor to industrializing high-power UVC-LED wafers.

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2026
  1. 26.03.2026 Discontinuation

    Asahi Kasei discontinues UVC-LED device production at Crystal IS

    Asahi Kasei announces discontinuation of UVC-LED device production at its US subsidiary Crystal IS (portfolio optimization). Note: aluminum-nitride substrate development continues; only finished UVC LED devices are being phased out. Another consolidation signal in the UVC-LED segment.

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