Kwon Young-soo, chief executive of LG Display, recently discussed the outlook for the LCD flat-panel industry this year, where the company sees the industry heading in terms of technology and his vision for the company.

In addition to the ability to upload and sell books in English, French and German languages, authors and publishers now have more options when offering their books to Kindle customers.

"We continued to see strong MOCVD demand as LED manufacturers ramp production for laptop and TV backlighting as well as general illumination," said Veeco CEO John Peeler.