Press for ARC Energy

Each year, a handful of greentech companies become the talk of the town. Some engage in a competitive and oversubscribed fundraising round. Others announce a development partner that makes competitors take notice. Still others grow sales or flop in a make-or-break year.

Further updates on news from earlier this week. “The firm, which is also tripling its manufacturing capacity, says the two new contracts for LED sapphire manufacturing equipment and technology highlight the advantages of its unique c-axis sapphire platform.

Advanced RenewableEnergy Company, LLC (ARC Energy), a provider of innovative c-axis sapphire growth technologies and turnkey solutions for the LED solid-state lighting and other clean energy markets, today announced that it has shipped its 100th CHES Furnace. ARC Energy’s highly automated, leading-edge c-axis sapphire growth technology is generating tremendous demand worldwide, and is being used by leading LED manufacturers throughout Asia.

With the economic storm clouds clearing, at least a bit, a look around the New England tech sector reveals that, yes, plenty of companies survived, some thrived and some got off the ground, albeit with greater reliance on bootstrapping, friends and family financing and angel investors.