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Show Galtech to begin marketing gallium arsenide crystals MT.' PLEASAN- T- Galtech Semiconductor Materials Corporation (GSM) will begin marketing gallium arsenide crystals after February 1988, and company officials expect to do about $5 million in business the first year. That announcement by company spokesman David Card followed the annual stockholders meeting Nov. 20 and a GSM press release reporting a major breakthrough in semiconductor material growth Card stated Monday that the breakthrough in gallium arsenide crystals was one of two factors that would contribute to GSMs marketing program in 1988. A noncompetitive agreement with Allred and his former company, Crystal Specialties, will end Feb. 1, 1988, at which time GSM intends to aggressively market and sell gallium arsenide. The agreement prevented marketing the material before that time, Card said. Quoting GSM senior scientist and head of GSM research, Worth P Allred, the press release stated the Santa greeted children in Mt. Pleasant Saturday and listened while they explained what they want for Christmas. Santa will be in Ephraim and Moroni, Saturday, Dec. 5. of single Device yields crystals. should also increase substantially as low dislocation material becomes available. GSM has marketed and is now marketing its cadmium telluride crystals, but the company is still several years ahead of the industry for that product, Card explained. substrates being currently Cadmium telluride is a better produced! material but is difficult to grow That maternal is about where silicon GSM, a current manufacturer and of high quality cadmium was years ago and will have to . supplier inch its way into the industry, he techniques utilized with cadmium said. The gallium arsenide industry, telluride to produce gallium arin its most conservative reports is senide (GaAs) ingots as large as estimated to become a billion dollar seven square inches with an EPD (etch pit density) of less than 50 pits industry by 1990. The manufacturing per square centimeter! The industry portion of the industry that includes is norm is 3000 to 100,000 pits per substrate manufacturing square centimeter. The quality of estimated to be at least 150 million dollars by 1990. GSM intends to be gallium arsenide produced by GSM one of the leading suppliers by this is expected to have a significant date. impact upon the industry as a Whole. Card said if industry would purLeader in quality chase from GMS, yields of products Galtech intends to become a made with gallium arsenide would leader in quality and technology in the gallium arsenide market, Card breakthrough in techniques of increase at least 50 percent. said The company is currently compound crystal growth was Yields to increase looking at ways to gear up for the perhaps the most significant in the The higher the quality of substrate expected production including the past 34 years and possibly the most need for a new facility and more significant since crystals have been produced, the lower the failure rate in industry and military apgrown. employees. A new chief financial officer, Rich Tyson, has been hired Superior product plications. Cost could be subMr. Allred, who directed gallium and is permanently located at the stantially cut with the higher quality 15-2- 0 New commemoration stamp to Ephraim kicks off holiday season with varied events EPHRAIM This community will kickoff the holiday season Saturday, Dec. 5, with a visit from Santa, a Christmas parade, house lighting contest and other events. According to JoAnn Greene who is chairman over the festivities, Santa is expected to arrive at the gazebo by the church at 2 p.m. Santa and his elves will have a treat for the children and gift certificates donated by members of the Ephraim Businessmens Association will be given away. There will be food and craft booths in the City Building all day Saturday," said Mrs. Greene and that evening, following the parade Bob McCaul will be sponsoring a dance featuring local talent. The second annual Christmas Parade, which will feature lighted floats and other entries along with Santa, will begin at 5:30 p.m. on Main Street. materials because the growth process used will increase the yield arsenide research for Bell and Howell, Pasadena Research center and was founder and past president of Crystal Specialties, reports that recent preliminary evaluations of GSMs gallium arsenides substrates show a near 0 dislocation density. This translates to mean that the quality of GSMs gallium arsenide is approximately 10 times superior to A postage stamp MORONI based on a portrait by an artist named Moroni will be honored by the Utah town of the same name During the day groups singing Christmas carols will be visiting Ephraim stores who are also offering some super bargains for holiday shoppers. latter referring to the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC, where the painting is displayed. The association will also be presenting awards to homeowners who decorate and light their homes for the holidays, said Bonnie Keisel, chairman of the second annual lighting contest. Mrs. Keisel said nine awards will be given, three each week, from December 7 through 24. Judges will view the homes and announce the winners. Its a once in a lifetime thing to have a postage stamp issued with the name of our town on it, said Moroni Postmaster LaMar Bear-daEven though the painting Service will have a special booth located near the town Christmas tree where they will offer free hand on items that bear cancellations The Businessmens Association is also sponsoring a magic show, The Mad World of Magic featuring Mark Evans with Marlynn on Friday night, Dec. 4 at 7 p.m. at the Crane Theatre at Snow College. Tickets are available at the door or from members of the association. traditional Christmas stamp. Below a picture of the Madonna and child are the words: the Moroni, National Gallery, Taxpayers pay dues to county ll Its too early to determine the amount of property tax revenue collected by Sanpete County following the Nov. 30 deadline, but response has been good. MANTI satellites;, doesnt have a connection with Moroni, Utah, we feel the tie with the same names gives a little recognition to our community. From 12 Noon to 4 operates at higher tempera tuies than silicon reducing cooling requirements; uses less power, and processes both light and electronic data on a single chip. Industry applications Major industry applications include: integrated circuits, satellite receiver systems, optical com- munications networks, mobile telephones and other super high frequency devices. Board members voted in for an additional term at the Nov. 20 board meeting held in Provo, included Rulon W. Cluff, Worth P. Allred, Melvin J. Carr, Kenneth L. Gilbert, and Richard S. Smith. Galtech Semiconductor Materials Corporation grows cadmium telluride and gallium arsenide crystals at their Mt. Pleasant operation at 265 North State. The company is celebrating its second anniversary next month. honor Moroni community leaders have arranged to present a color enlargement of the stamp to Moroni Mayor Danny Dyches Saturday, December 5. This is the same day Santa Claus arrives in Moroni via a horse drawn surrey to signify the beginning of the Christmas season in the town. The photograph will hang in the Moroni City Hall. Service Although gallium arsenide is not expected to totally replace silicon, there are many advantages to using it as opposed to silicon. Gallium Arsenide: emits light - silicon doesnt; moves electrons three to six times faster than silicon; absorbs sunlight better than silicon (better for solar cells); has a higher resistance to radiation (for du ; pace Postmaster Beardall and other Giovanni Battista Moronis 16th century painting A Gentleman in Adoration Before the Madonna is the basis of this years U.S. Postal Pleasant operation Mt. cancellation was designed by local Moroni artist Catherine Roberts, and depicts a map of the state, plus a turkey, sheep and cattle, all agriculture products of the Moroni area Employees at the booth will also sell stamp collecting items, including lapel pins of the Moroni stamp and of the contemporary holiday stamp, which features Christmas ornaments and an evergreen branch. Postmaster Beardall said the cancellation may also be mail ordered by sending a stamped envelope to Postmaster, Moroni Cancellation, Moroni Utah 84646. Requests must be postmarked by December 5. p.m., the Postal postage. These are specifically comdesigned postmarks memorating events, and often become collectors items. The Sanpete County Treasurer Earl Clark reported Tuesday the county still had three boxes of mail to process before any kind of percentages would be available to indicate how many Sanpete property owners paid their taxes before Mondays deadline. i . jf Z' v. rr St He noted, however, that the response indicated percentages would be about like last year when 87.. 21 percent of the property owners paid their taxes. Santa plans holiday visit to Moroni Santa Claus will MORONI arrive in Moroni on Saturday, Dec. 5, at 2 p.m. riding a surrey with the fringe on top and pulled by a white horse. Santa will greet children and their parents at the community Christmas tree in front of the telephone office. In case of inclement weather, Santa and the children will move tu the fire station. From now until Jan. In addition to receiving a bright, large orange from Santa, those attending will be able to mail Christmas cards or other mail at the special post office and have the special commemoration can- cellation of their mail. Envelopes designed by Katheryn Roberts of Moroni will also be on sale. The public is invited to attend. Is t r fi I 15, 1988 those who have not paid their tax assessments will be charged a two percent penalty or a minimum of $10 on each notice. After that date, the delinquent taxes will be assessed an interest charge. Last years interest rate was 11 percent which was six percent above the prime rate. Last year the county 1 f- J - Wsr collected from Sanpete property owners. The county kept $861,989 22 for its general fund. Most of the remainder went to the two school districts and the rest to the cities. $4,087,181.79 , poster of Christmas enlarged Moroni, National Gallery stamp to Moroni Mayor Danny Dyches. Kathryn Roberts designed the cancellation stamp and cachet Moroni postmaster LaMar Beardall presents for the envelopes which will be on sale to the public on Saturday, Dec. 5, by the U.S. Postal Service from noon to 4 p.m. in front of the telephone office In Moroni. |