CrystalQ, a Rising Star in the Deloitte Technology Fast 50 competition '05

Friday, 23 September 2005 09:01

Stadskanaal, the Netherlands - CrystalQ B.V., European supplier of superior quality sapphire substrates and sapphire wafer reclaim services for the LED industry, has won this year's Rising Star award in the Deloitte Technology Fast 50 competition. This competition is part of Deloitte's Technology Fast 500: an annual ranking of the world's fastest-growing technology companies from each major region: North America, EMEA and Asia Pacific.

Criteria for joining the Rising Star competition are that the participant develops a unique technology, which contributes significantly to the company's revenue. Products and services are technology driven and considerable effort is put into research and development of this technology. Based on these criteria, the participant has to be a potential Technology Fast 50 winner in the future.

According to the jury, the international position of CrystalQ and the immediate deployment of her technology and services to reduce the operational costs of her customers were decisive reasons for selecting CrystalQ as Rising Star 2005.