Saint-Helene du Lac, France, 13 November 2023
The Hanau-based technology company Heraeus has acquired a significant stake in the start-up in Zadient.
Heraeus, as a German high-tech materials player considers the market of SiC base material highly relevant and a suitable addition to its other operations.
Through the partnership, Heraeus intends to accelerate the company’s growth and support Zadient’s innovative approach with its own know-how.
“Heraeus recognize the potential of the SiC market and considers it to be highly relevant for high-tech applications. By acquiring a stake in Zadient we can jointly offer our customers even better solutions” said Steffen Metzer, member of the Heraeus Group Management Committee. “We are very happy that we found a way to accelerate growth of the SiC market by combining the innovative ideas of the materials startup Zadient with the manufacturing and technical expertise of the Heraeus Group.”
“We are very excited to be partnering with an industry leader like Heraeus,” noted Zadient CEO Kagan Ceran. “The expertise that Heraeus has in the industrial scale production of advanced materials, both in its home market of Germany and abroad, offers us unique synergies as we strive to realize our vision to be the world’s largest volume, highest purity producer of silicon carbide semiconductor materials.”
ABOUT ZADIENT
Founded in 2020, Zadient is an innovator in the field of silicon carbide semiconductor materials. It is headquartered near Chambery, France, where it develops its new crystal growth technologies, and it also has a plant hear Leipzig, Germany where it produces high-purity source material via the chemical vapor deposition (CVD) process. For more information, please visit www.zadient.com.
ABOUT COUNTERPARTY
Heraeus is a family-owned global technology group headquartered in Hanau, Germany. The company’s roots go back to a family pharmacy started in 1660. With its expertise and resources, Heraeus has been making meaningful contributions over generations and is committed to do so in the future. Today, the group bundles diverse activities in four Business Platforms: Metals & Recycling, Healthcare, Semiconductor & Electronics, as well as Industrials. Customers benefit from innovative technologies and solutions based on broad materials knowledge and technological leadership. www.heraeus.com.