The Silverwater company has been developing leading-edge, semi-conductor manufacturing technology and devices for more than a decade, and is a global provider to photonics industries, delivering cutting-edge, custom laser and LED development across the industrial, defence, display and scientific markets.
CEO Ian Mann says BluGlass is Australia’s only listed semi-conductor manufacturing company and is “spearheading what we think is the next generation of laser diodes and other semi-conductor material properties”.
Mr Minns said the factory showed that “we have the goods, we have the know how, we have the expertise, we have world leading universities, there is absolutely no reason why we can’t make and manufacture goods for the entire world”.
“This is jobs of the future, it’s wonderful to see it located right here in Western Sydney,” he said.