GT ADVANCED TECH CMN (OTC:GTATQ)

GT Advanced Technologies Inc. provides polysilicon production technology and multicrystalline ingot growth systems, and related photovoltaic (PV) manufacturing services for the solar industry worldwide. It also offers sapphire growth systems and material for the LED and other specialty markets. The company’s principal products comprise chemical vapor deposition reactors and related equipment used to produce polysilicon; directional solidification furnaces and related equipment used to cast multicrystalline silicon ingots, which are used to make PV wafers; advanced sapphire furnaces used to crystallize sapphire boules that are used to make sapphire wafers; and sapphire material primarily used to make various products, such as epitaxial-ready wafers. It also provides technology and engineering services for the commissioning, start-up, and optimization of its polysilicon equipment and technology; engineering packages, process licenses, and equipment for the production and purification of trichlorosilane and silane; and hydrochlorination technology, which lowers power consumption of polysilicon production. In addition, the company offers replacement parts and consumables used in its DSS furnaces and other PV equipment; and a range of services in connection with the sale of equipment, including facility design, equipment installation and integration, technical training, and manufacturing process optimization. It sells its products to polysilicon producers, solar wafer manufacturers, and sapphire producers, as well as the LED and other specialty markets through direct sales force and indirect sales representatives. GT Advanced Technologies Inc. was formerly known as GT Solar International, Inc. and changed its name to GT Advanced Technologies Inc. in August 2011. GT Advanced Technologies Inc. was founded in 1994 and is based in Merrimack, New Hampshire.