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IQE - Executive interview

In this video CFO Tim Pullen, who joined IQE in February 2019, discusses his early impressions of the business as well as its medium- to longer-term outlook. He explains why management remains confident that there will be an inflection in demand for compound semiconductors and the initiatives that IQE has implemented across photonics/3D sensing, wireless and other applications to capitalise on this. He also discusses the benefits that management expects to generate from the optimisation and investment in the company’s manufacturing facilities, and the path to profitability and cash generation from here.
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IQE plc

IQE is a holding company. Through its subsidiaries, Co. is engaged in the development, manufacture and sale of semiconductor materials. Co.'s primary business is the manufacture of compound semiconductor wafers or epiwafers using a process called epitaxy. Co.'s primary reporting segments are: Wireless, which covers electronic devices that communicate wirelessly; Photonics, which covers applications that either emit or detect light; Infrared, which uses indium antimonide and gallium antimonide engineered materials that enable high resolution Infrared systems; and CMOS++, which combines the properties of compound semiconductors with silicon.

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Edison Investment Research
Edison Investment Research

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Analysts
Dan Ridsdale

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