II-VI Incorporated Celebrates its 50th Anniversary With Opening Bell Ceremony at Nasdaq
June 22 2021 - 4:45PM
II‐VI Incorporated (Nasdaq: IIVI), a global leader in engineered
materials and optoelectronic components, today celebrated its 50th
anniversary by ringing the opening bell at the Nasdaq stock
exchange at Times Square in New York City.
In his remarks to Nasdaq, Dr. Vincent D. Mattera, Jr., CEO of
II-VI Incorporated, said, “II-VI was founded on June 22, 1971, with
a dream to meet evolving needs in the optics and electronics
markets. Since then, there have been countless heroes in our
history who have made that dream a reality, including employees and
retirees around the world.
“I am thrilled to be here today with Dr. Carl Johnson, the
co-founder and first CEO of II-VI, and Fran Kramer, our Chairman
and second CEO, along with members of our Board of Directors and of
our Executive Team, whose contributions to our culture are
reflected in our values of Integrity, Collaboration,
Accountability, Respect, and Enthusiasm.
“Technology revolutions including those enabling new ecosystems
for the electrification of transportation, high-speed
communications, and computing networks at the foundation of smart
cities, smart cars, smart factories, electric vehicles, and
telemedicine, among others, are emerging at an exponential pace.
These and other exciting applications intersect with our
capabilities and vision of a world transformed through innovative
materials vital to a better life today and the sustainability of
future generations.
“During the first 50 years, we surely made some bold moves. But,
turning the page now to the future, we will continue to work every
day to build a great company that offers customers breakthrough
solutions in order to transform life, business, and the world. We
will continue to regard our employees as core to our company and
offer them an exciting workplace that’s inclusive, supportive, and
diverse so that everyone can achieve their full potential. And we
will continue to target attractive returns for our investors while
making the world safer, healthier, closer, and, more efficient --
among the highest callings of this age.”
A livestream of the Nasdaq opening bell ceremony for II-VI can
be viewed here:
https://livestream.com/accounts/27896496/events/9678174.
About II-VI Incorporated
II-VI Incorporated, a global leader in engineered materials and
optoelectronic components, is a vertically integrated manufacturing
company that develops innovative products for diversified
applications in communications, industrial, aerospace &
defense, semiconductor capital equipment, life sciences, consumer
electronics, and automotive markets. Headquartered in Saxonburg,
Pennsylvania, the Company has research and development,
manufacturing, sales, service, and distribution facilities
worldwide. The Company produces a wide variety of
application-specific photonic and electronic materials and
components, and deploys them in various forms, including integrated
with advanced software to support our customers. For more
information, please visit us at www.ii-vi.com.
CONTACT: |
Mark
Lourie |
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Vice President, Corporate Communications |
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corporate.communications@ii-vi.com |
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www.ii-vi.com/contact-us |
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