BNET Industries
Last Fiscal Year Sales:$7.9M
- Public
- UK
Dow Jones Description
Cambridge bridges the gap between new and old display technologies. Founded in 1992 and headquartered in Cambridgeshire, UK, Cambridge Display Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ-GM: OLED) is a producer of Polymer Organic Light Emitting Diodes (P-OLEDs). These P-Oleds are used in place of cathode ray tubes, light-emitting diodes, and display components in cell phones, digital audio players and other electronic applications. Its technology has been licensed to Philips, Dow, and Dai Nippon. The company employs about 125 people and it had 2005 revenue of about $18.1 million. In January 2006, it was a joint recipient of the Jean Pierre Noblanc Award for Excellence for its participation in a collaborative project to develop a 'Pocket Multimedia' (PMM) display prototype.
Chief Executive Officer
David FyfeNumber of Employees 114
Peer Companies
NAICS Code Semiconductor and Related Device Manufacturing: 334413
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Cambridge Display Technology grants manufacturing licence to Dai Nippon Printing; Dai Nippon Printing to use CDT's proprietary OLED technology for graphic arts display applications.
M2 PRESSWIRE-19 May 2003-CAMBRIDGE DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY: Cambridge Display Technology grants manufacturing licence to Dai Nippon Printing; Dai Nippon Printing to use CDT's proprietary OLED technology for graphic arts display applicationsC1994-2003 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:05192003 Cambridge, UK -- Cambridge Display Technology CDT,...
Cambridge Display Technology and DuPont displays sign technology transfer agreement for colour ink-jet printing manufacturing process; CDT will transfer to Dupont Displays proprietary ink jet manufacturing technology for full colour OLED Displays.
M2 PRESSWIRE-13 March 2003-CDT: Cambridge Display Technology and DuPont displays sign technology transfer agreement for colour ink-jet printing manufacturing process; CDT will transfer to Dupont Displays proprietary ink jet manufacturing technology for full colour OLED DisplaysC1994-2003 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:03132003 ...
CDT displays bright future; Clears the board with seven international industry awards in 2002.
M2 PRESSWIRE-23 December 2002-CDT: CDT displays bright future; Clears the board with seven international industry awards in 2002C1994-2002 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:12232002 CAMBRIDGE, UK -- Cambridge Display Technology CDT has firmly established itself in 2002 as one of the World`s hottest...
Luxell and Cambridge Display Technology Sign Technical Evaluation Agreement.
TORONTO, CANADA, APR 23, 2001 Luxell Technologies Inc.(CDNX:LUX) today announced that it has reached a Technology Evaluation Agreement with Cambridge Display Technology Limited CDT of Cambridge, UK, under which the two companies will jointly evaluate the performance-enhancing impact of Luxell's Black LayerTM technology...
Hazards and risks
Spinning out Opsys from Oxford University was a calculated risk. Bronagh Miskelly reports The life of a technology start-up is full of hazards. Never mind the effort of raising venture funding - the builders are installing a cleanroom at organic display technology start-up Opsys's new headquarters in the Begbroke...
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Decision Makers
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| David Fyfe | Chief Executive Officer |
| Daniel Abrams | CFO |
| Jeremy Burroughes | Chief Technology Officer |
| Michael Black | CFO & Principal Accounting Officer |
| Emma Jones | Vice President, Human Resources & Facilities |
| S.B. Cha | Vice President, Commercial |
| Scott Brown | Vice President, Research & Technology |
| Stephen Chandler | Vice President, Legal & Intellectual Property |
| Richard Friend | Co-Founder |
| Karl Heeks | Director of the System Engineering Business Unit |
| Paul Jiggins | Director, Operations |
| Terry Nicklin | Director, Marketing |
| Eric Mayes | Senior Commercial Product Manager |
Board of Directors
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| Frank K. Bynum | Member of Cdt's Board of Directors |
| Gerald Hillman | Board of Directors |
| James Sandry | Member of Cdt's Board of Directors |
| Joe Carr | Member of Cdt's Board of Directors |
| Malcolm J. Thompson | Board of Directors |
| Philip Berney | Board of Directors |
| Thomas G. Rosencrants | Board of Directors |
Dr David Fyfe, a 30-year veteran of the global chemical and engineering industries, joined CDT as Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer in September 2000.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Hsc | Former | |
| Cambridge Display Technology, Inc. | Chairman | Current |
| Add-Vision Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Cambridge University | MA | Former |
| Cambridge University | BA | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Cambridge Display Technology, Inc. | CFO | Current |
| PepsiCo, Inc. | Vice President Finance, Asia and Africa Division | Former |
After submitting his PhD thesis titled 'The Physical Processes in Organic Semiconductor Polymer Devices', Dr Burroughes discovered that conjugated polymers such as polyphenylene vinylene could show electroluminescence. A patent was filed by Burroughes and his research fellows shortly afterwards. With more than ten years' research experience in conjugated polymer science and semiconductor technologies, Dr Burroughes joined CDT in 1997 to manage its new research group. After holding the position of Technical Director for two years he was promoted to Product Business Unit Director in 2000, and then CTO in November 2001. Previously, Burroughes spent six years with Toshiba in the UK and Japan where he worked on quantum electronic and opto-electronic devices fabricated using GaAs or InP regrowth technology.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Cambridge Display Technology, Inc. | Chief Technology Officer | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Cambridge Display Technology, Inc. | CFO & Principal Accounting Officer | Current |
| Cambridge Display Technology, Inc. | Vice President, Finance | Former |
| University of Cambridge | Financial Officer | Former |
| Cambridge Display Technology, Inc. | Principal Financial and Accounting Officer | Former |
| University of Cambridge | Degree, Management | Former |
Emma Jones is responsible for leading the Human Resources function as well as managing the facilities functions in the UK. Prior to joining CDT, Ms Jones was head of Human Resources at Amgen Limited, where she was responsible for the management of the Human Resources function for the UK subsidiary of Amgen Inc, a US bio-pharmaceutical company. Jones has a BA (Hons) degree in Business Studies from the University of Sheffield.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Cambridge Display Technology, Inc. | Vice President, Human Resources & Facilities | Current |
| Amgen Inc. | Head of Human Resources | Former |
| University of Sheffield | Ba | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Cambridge Display Technology, Inc. | Vice President, Commercial | Current |
| Texaco | Project Manager | Former |
| The Boston Consulting Group, Inc. | Management Consultant | Former |
| Imperial College London | PhD | Former |
| University of Chicago | MBA | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Sumation Co., Ltd. | Executive Vice President | Current |
| Sumitomo Chemical Company, Ltd. | Executive Vice President | Current |
| Sumitomo Chemical Company, Ltd. | Vice President of Research & Development | Current |
| Cambridge Display Technology, Inc. | Vice President, Research & Technology | Current |
| Add-Vision Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Dow Corning Corporation | Development Director | Former |
| Dow Corning Corporation | Research Scientist | Former |
| University of Exeter | Doctorate Degree In Chemistry | Former |
| Oxford Brookes University | Mba | Former |
Stephen Chandler joined CDT in 2003 as Vice President, Legal & Intellectual Property, responsible for all legal and intellectual property matters, and for developing CDT's intellectual property strategy. Prior to joining CDT, Mr. Chandler was a partner at law firm Pinsent Curtis Biddle between 1985 and 2003, being Head of Technology & Media and Head of Intellectual Property from 1999. Chandler joined Pinsent Curtis as an Associate in 1980, having gained an MA degree in Law from Cambridge University.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Cambridge Display Technology, Inc. | Vice President, Legal & Intellectual Property | Current |
| Cambridge University | Ma Degree In Law | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Cambridge Display Technology, Inc. | Co-Founder | Current |
| Stuart Evans Enterprises, Inc. | Co-Founder and Chair, Science and Technology Council | Current |
| Plastic Logic Limited | Co-Founder and Chair, Science and Technology Council | Current |
| University of Cambridge | Professor | Current |
| Plastic Logic Limited | Board of Directors | Current |
Dr. Karl Heeks is Director of the System Engineering Business Unit at Cambridge Display Technology. He has over ten years experience in flat panel display technology first at GEC in LCDs and, for the last five years, in the area of LEPs at CDT. Dr. Heeks has filed about thirty patents in the field.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Cambridge Display Technology, Inc. | Director of the System Engineering Business Unit | Current |
| Meko Ltd | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Cambridge Display Technology, Inc. | Director, Operations | Current |
| Cambridge Display Technology, Inc. | Director, Operations | Former |
| Oclaro, Inc. | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Cambridge Display Technology, Inc. | Director, Marketing | Current |
| Cambridge Display Technology, Inc. | Director, Marketing | Former |
Dr. Eric Mayes is Senior Commercial Product Manager at Cambridge Display Technology (CDT) and has over a decade of experience in the electronic materials industry. He was a founding director of Apaclara and, prior to joining CDT, served as CEO of NanoMagnetics which developed high-density magnetic media for the data storage industry alongside a diversified materials portfolio. Eric is also a non-executive director of IMPACT Faraday Ltd. (now part of CIKTN), and has a BSc in Physics from Arkansas State University and a PhD in Chemistry from the University of Bath.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Cambridge Display Technology, Inc. | Senior Commercial Product Manager | Current |
| Apaclara Ltd. | Non-Executive Chairman | Current |
| Cambridge Display Technology, Inc. | Director | Current |
| Apaclara Ltd. | Board of Directors | Former |
Frank K. Bynum, Jr. Mr. Bynum, age 43, has served as a director of our company since July 1997. He is also a Managing Director of Kelso & Company. Mr. Bynum joined Kelso & Company in 1987 and has held positions of increasing responsibility at Kelso & Company prior to becoming a Managing Director. Mr. Bynum is a director of CDT Holdings PLC, Custom Buildings Products, Inc., Endurance Business Media, Inc. and eMarkets, Inc. He is also a Trustee of Prep for Prep and a member of the Board of Trustees of the College Foundation of the University of Virginia. Mr. Bynum was initially designated to the board of directors by Kelso & Company pursuant to Kelso & Company s designation rights under our stockholders agreement which was terminated in connection with our initial public offering. Kelso & Company currently has certain rights with respect to the nomination of directors. See Certain Relationships and Related Party Transactions Nominating Agreement and Registration Rights Agreement.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Kelso & Company | Managing Director | Current |
| Prep,Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Kelso & Company | Director | Current |
| Citation Corporation | Director | Current |
| Cambridge Display Technology, Inc. | Member of Cdt's Board of Directors | Current |
| Endurance Business Media, Inc. | Director | Current |
| E-Markets, Inc. | Board Director | Current |
| Custom Building Products | Board Director | Current |
| FairPoint Communications Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Kelso & Company | Principal | Former |
| New York Life Insurance Company | Investment Analyst | Former |
| University of Virginia | B.A. in History | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Cambridge Display Technology, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
James V Sandry has served as a member of CDT's board of directors since November 2004. From April 1996 to April 2002 Mr. Sandry held the post of Chief Financial Officer of iXL Enterprises, an internet consulting company, Online Insight Inc, a software development company, VCG Inc., a software development company and Ted's Montana Grill, a restaurant company. Since November 2002, Mr. Sandry has been Chief Operating Officer of JVS Industries LLC, a privately held furniture rental company and a franchisee of Aaron Rents.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Cambridge Display Technology, Inc. | Member of Cdt's Board of Directors | Current |
| Aaron Rents, Inc. | Former | |
| Online Insight, Inc. | Former | |
| Ted's Montana Grill, Inc. | Former | |
| VCG Inc. | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Plextronics, Inc. | Current | |
| The Dow Chemical Company | Current | |
| Cambridge Display Technology, Inc. | Member of Cdt's Board of Directors | Current |
| Qd Vision, Inc. | Member of the Board of Directors | Current |
| Osram Opto Semiconductors | CEO | Former |
| Qd Vision, Inc. | Interim CEO | Former |
| Osram Opto Semiconductors | President | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Photon Dynamics, Inc. | Chairman | Current |
| Photon Dynamics, Inc. | Director | Current |
| Cambridge Display Technology, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Vitex Systems Inc | Interim Chief Executive Officer | Former |
| Dpix, LLC | Chief Executive Officer | Former |
| Novalux, Inc. | CEO | Former |
| Vitex, Inc. | CEO | Former |
| Xerox PARC | CEO | Former |
| Novalux, Inc. | President | Former |
| Vitex, Inc. | President | Former |
| Dpix, LLC | President | Former |
| Xerox PARC | Chief Technologist | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Cambridge Display Technology, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Greystone Capital Group | Chief Executive Officer | Current |
| Conning & Company | Director of Research | Current |
| CompuCredit Corporation | Chairperson, Member, Financial Expert | Current |
| Greystone Capital Group | Chairman | Current |
| Ravello Solutions | Chairman | Current |
| Tpatlanta | Director | Current |
| CompuCredit Corporation | Board of Directors | Current |
| The Robinson-Humphrey Co. | Senior Vice President | Former |
| Conning & Company | Partner | Former |
| Roosevelt University | MBA In Finance | Former |
| University of Dayton | Bachelors Degree | Former |
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