IQE Names Meldrum As New Business Development Director

29th Jun 2010 09:09

LONDON (Dow Jones)--IQE (IQE.LN), a supplier of advanced semiconductor wafer services for the Wireless, Optoelectronic, Solar, and Solid-State Lighting industries Tuesday announces the appointment of Adrian Meldrum to the board of IQE as Business Development Director. MAIN FACTS: -Adrian Meldrum, 40, will have specific responsibility for developing IQE's growing position in opto electronic products. -These include the rapidly expanding consumer optoelectronic product lines, third generation Concentrator Photo Voltaics (CPV) and penetration of the Solid State Lighting (SSL) market through IQE's recently acquired NanoGaN subsidiary. -Shares at 0807 GMT up 0.3 pence, or 1.4%, at 18.0 pence. -By Iain Packham, Dow Jones Newswires; 44-20-7842-9269; [email protected] (END) Dow Jones Newswires June 29, 2010 04:09 ET (08:09 GMT)