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UNIROYAL TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION Announces Appointment
Of Dr. Jeffrey S. Nelson To Lead Research At Optoelectronics
Division
Uniroyal
Technology Corporation today announced the appointment
of Dr. Jeffrey S. Nelson as Vice President and Chief
Technology Officer of its Uniroyal Optoelectronics
division effective May 1, 2000. Dr. Nelson will report
to Robert L. Soran, President and Chief Operating
Officer of Uniroyal Technology. Uniroyal Optoelectronics
produces high brightness light emitting diodes (LEDs)
at its facility in Tampa, Florida.
Dr. Nelson joins the Uniroyal Optoelectronics group
from Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque, New
Mexico. Upon completion of his Ph.D. at the University
of California at Davis, Dr. Nelson joined the Sandia
National Laboratories in California as a post doctoral
researcher where he studied the electronic and vibrational
properties of semiconductor and metal surfaces. He continued
his work on the electronic structure of semiconductor
heterostructures after transferring to the Semiconductor
Physics Department at Sandia in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
In 1995, Dr. Nelson was promoted to Manager of the Semiconductor
Materials and Device Sciences Department where he developed
research and development efforts in wide bandgap and
infrared compound semiconductors. Dr. Nelson is currently
developing a national initiative on semiconductor lighting
which includes participants from the Department of Energy,
national laboratories, universities and the semiconductor
industry.
``We
are pleased to welcome Dr. Nelson to our Uniroyal
Optoelectronics team in Tampa,'' said Robert L. Soran,
President and Chief Operating Officer of Uniroyal
Technology Corporation. ``His research and development
experience in semiconductor processes and properties
will enhance Uniroyal Optoelectronics' development
of high-quality (photonics or optoelectronics) products.''
Uniroyal
Technology recently finalized a contract with a project
services firm to begin construction of a free-standing
research and development facility for Uniroyal Optoelectronics
in Tampa. ``This is the first step to broadening Uniroyal
Optoelectronics' technology base and we are pleased
that we'll have Jeff's expertise throughout the development
of the facility,'' said Mr. Soran.
Uniroyal
Technology has three business segments: Optoelectronics,
Coated Fabrics and Specialty Adhesives. Some of the
Company's well-known brand names and products include
epitaxial wafers, package-ready dies and lamps for
LEDs in its Optoelectronics segment, NAUGAHYDE® and
NAUGASOFT(TM) in coated fabrics, and SILAPRENE®, HYDRA
FAST-EN® and GUNTHER ULTRA/BOND® in adhesives.
The Company's stock and warrants trade on the Nasdaq/NMS
under the symbols UTCI and UTCIW, respectively.
Statements made herein that are forward-looking
in nature within the meaning of the Private Securities
Litigation Reform Act of 1995 are subject to risks
and uncertainties that could cause actual results
to differ materially. Such risks and uncertainties
include, but are not limited to, those related to
business conditions and the financial strength of
the various markets served by the Company, the level
of spending for such products and the ability of the
Company to successfully manufacture and market its
products.
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