IQE appoints Trevor Martin as Director of globa...

Cardiff, 5 April 2011: IQE, the leading supplier of epitaxial wafer growth
services for the wireless, optoelectronic, Solar and solid-state lighting
industries is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr Trevor Martin as
Director of global gallium nitride (GaN) Strategy. Trevor will be responsible
for enhancing and delivering the Group's strategy to enhance its world leading
GaN product capabilities. He will be based at the Company's headquarters in
Cardiff, UK.

GaN is becoming an increasingly important material system  across a diverse
range of markets encompassing defence, industrial and consumer applications,
from high efficiency power switching, high power radio frequency to advanced
optoelectronics in the form of lasers and LED's. Opportunities for GaN materials
will be driven by technology "megatrends" such as efficient power generation and
transmission, efficient energy usage such as solid state lighting, electric
vehicles, and improved wireless infrastructure.

Trevor   has  over  25 years'  experience  in  advanced  compound  semiconductor
materials  and joins IQE from QinetiQ, Malvern,  UK where he was responsible for
their overall epitaxial capabilities and the development of GaN technology.

Dr Martin received his PhD from the University of Glasgow for work on MBE growth
on InP and has been involved in the development of a number of key semiconductor
technologies prior to his work in GaN, these include the on-wafer integration of
optical devices and the development of antimony based devices. He has also had
extensive involvement in large multinational collaborative programs, has served
on numerous academic steering and review panels, has co-authored over 150
papers, and is co-inventor on a number of patents.

Adrian Meldrum, Business Development Director said: "IQE has established an
enviable reputation as a global leader in GaN based materials and Trevor's
appointment complements and further strengthens our technology leadership in
this important market sector. On behalf of the Board and Management I welcome
Trevor to the team and look forward to working with him."

IQE's comprehensive portfolio includes III-V PHEMT, HBT, and BiFET epi-wafers as
well as Lasers, detectors, VCSELs, Ultra High Brightness LEDs and multi-junction
photovoltaic solar cells for CPV applications. IQE's products are grown by MBE,
MOCVD and CVD at IQE's multiple manufacturing sites across the USA, Europe and
Singapore.









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Note to Editors

IQE is the leading global supplier of advanced semiconductor wafers with
products that cover a diverse range of applications, supported by an innovative
outsourced foundry services portfolio that allows the Group to provide a 'one
stop shop' for the wafer needs of the world's leading semiconductor
manufacturers.

IQE uses advanced crystal growth technology (epitaxy) to manufacture and supply
bespoke semiconductor wafers ('epi-wafers') to the major chip manufacturing
companies, who then use these wafers to make the chips which form the key
components of virtually all high technology systems. IQE is unique in being able
to supply wafers using all of the leading crystal growth technology platforms.

IQE's products are found in many leading-edge consumer, communication, computing
and industrial applications, including a complete range of wafer products for
the wireless industry, such as mobile handsets and wireless infrastructure, Wi-
Fi, WiMAX, base stations, GPS, and satellite communications; optical
communications, optical storage (CD, DVD), laser optical mouse, laser printers &
photocopiers, thermal imagers, leading-edge medical products, barcode, ultra
high brightness LEDs, a variety of advanced silicon based systems and high
efficiency concentrator photovoltaic (CPV) solar cells.

The manufacturers of these chips are increasingly seeking to outsource wafer
production to specialist foundries such as IQE in order to reduce overall wafer
costs and accelerate time to market.

IQE also provides bespoke R&D services to deliver customised materials for
specific applications and offers specialist technical staff to manufacture to
specification either at its own facilities or on the customer's own sites. The
Group is also able to leverage its global purchasing volumes to reduce the cost
of raw materials. In this way IQE's outsourced services, provide compelling
benefits in terms of flexibility and predictability of cost, thereby
significantly reducing operating risk.

IQE comprises eight  operating facilities located in Cardiff (two), Milton
Keynes and Bath in the UK; in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, Somerset, New Jersey and
Spokane, Washington in the USA; and Singapore. The Group also has 11 sales
offices located in major economic centres worldwide.








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