Cambridge Display Technology

Cambridge Display Technology
Subsidiary
Industry Polymer light-emitting diodes
Founded 1992 (1992)[1]
Founders
Headquarters Godmanchester, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom
Key people
  • Jeremy Burroughes
    (CTO)[4][5]
Owner Sumitomo Chemical
Website www.cdtltd.co.uk

Cambridge Display Technology (CDT) is a technology company with head office in Godmanchester, England. It was the first company spun out of the University of Cambridge ever to go public.[1][6] It was subsequently acquired by Sumitomo Chemical for about $285 million in 2007.[7]

History

Cambridge Display Technology was founded in 1992 in order to commercialise technologies made possible by the discovery of a new form of electroluminescence made in 1989 by Cavendish Laboratory researchers Richard Friend, Donal Bradley and Jeremy Burroughes.[4][8][9]

In 2002 the company was awarded the MacRobert Award by the Royal Academy of Engineering for organic LED displays.[8]

CDT's initial public offering (IPO) took place on the NASDAQ stock exchange in December 2004.[1]

In 2007 the company became a subsidiary of Sumitomo Chemical.

References

  1. 1 2 3 Steven A. Edwards (8 January 2008). The Nanotech Pioneers: Where Are They Taking Us. John Wiley & Sons. pp. 117–118. ISBN 978-3-527-61209-3.
  2. http://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=26003
  3. http://www.imperial.ac.uk/people/d.bradley
  4. 1 2 "Jeremy Burroughes". London: Royal Society.
  5. "EXECUTIVE OFFICERS". Cambridge Display Technology.
  6. "Cambridge Display Technology floats". Cambridge University. 18 Jan 2005.
  7. https://www.google.com/finance?cid=6566907
  8. 1 2 "MacRobert Award - Past winners". Royal Academy of Engineering. Retrieved 26 March 2016.
  9. "Andor shortlisted for top UK engineering award". optics.org. 15 May 2012. Retrieved 26 March 2016.


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