Components & subsystems · Poland

VIGO Photonics

VIGO makes uncooled and thermoelectrically cooled mid- and long-wave infrared detectors (HgCdTe and III-V), supplying gas sensing, spectroscopy and space missions.

Headquarters
Ożarów Mazowiecki, Poland · Europe
Value chain
Components & subsystems(Inputs); also Advanced materials
What that means
Makes the parts others build into products: chips, sensors, optics, modules, engines and subsystems.
Founded
1987
Ownership
Listed
Listing
WSE:VGO on Google Finance
Website
vigophotonics.com
Relevance
Low at its strongest, in Advanced Imaging & Photonic Sensing

In 3 capabilities

Each capability the company is listed in, most relevant first: how experts in the field see its global relevance there, why it is listed and the source.

  1. Sensing, Timing & Navigation · Manufacture · listed #39 of 50

    VIGO makes uncooled and thermoelectrically cooled mid- and long-wave infrared detectors (HgCdTe and III-V), supplying gas sensing, spectroscopy and space missions.

    Relevance: Polish infrared detector specialist with niche global reach

    Source · vigophotonics.com

  2. Advanced Materials & Manufacturing · Manufacture · listed #46 of 50

    Grows III-V and HgCdTe epitaxial materials and makes mid-infrared photodetectors, and runs an EU-supported photonic integrated circuit (PIC) materials programme.

    Relevance: Polish IR photonic materials specialist

    Source · vigophotonics.com

  3. Semiconductors & Advanced Computing · Manufacture · listed #42 of 50

    Poland's compound semiconductor maker: III-V epitaxy (InAs/GaSb, GaAs, GaN) and MCT/III-V infrared detectors, with an EU IPCEI-backed III-V epi expansion.

    Relevance: Polish III-V niche maker

    Source · vigophotonics.com