no other articles link to it . please introduce links to this page from related articles ; try the find link tool for suggestions . august 2011 advanced renewable energy company llc type llc industry sapphire mobile screens led equipment manufacturing founded 2007 2007 headquarters nashua new hampshire key people kedar gupta ceo rick schwerdtfeger cto products ches furnaces website www.arc energy.com advanced renewable energy company llc arc energy is a new hampshire based technology company that specializes in manufacturing sapphire growth furnaces and semiconductor scale technologies for the semiconductor and led industries . contents 1 history 2 operations 3 references 4 external links history edit arc energy was founded in 2007 by kedar gupta and rick schwerdtfeger . 1 2 president barack obama visited arc energy on february 2 2010 . 3 4 he touted arc energy in his speech at nashua north high school later that same day that is why jobs will be our number one focus in 2010 . and we re going to start where most new jobs do with small businesses . these are the companies that begin in basements and garages when an entrepreneur takes a chance on his dream or a worker decides it s time she became her own boss . they re companies like arc energy which i visited earlier today . these folks are hard at work on a new manufacturing process for ultra efficient led lights that will make them affordable for ordinary people . the technology they ve created is the only of its kind in the world . they re this little business in a condo out on amherst street and they have the potential to revolutionize an industry . right here in nashua . 1 arc energy was visited by u.s. commerce secretary gary locke january 27 2011 and discussed how a more competitive america will help rebuild the economy create more jobs and prepare the country for challenges ahead . 5 from the time of president obama s visit to gary locke s visit arc energy signed several hundred million dollars worth of contracts and expanded its workforce over 300 percent . 5 operations edit arc energy developed a sapphire crystal c axis growth technology specifically for led applications called ches controlled heat extraction system . ches furnaces enable substrate manufacturers to produce large diameter 4 6 8 10 and larger led quality sapphire for mass production . 2 6 arc energy also offers turnkey sapphire production solutions that include setup and installation training material handling inspection core fabrication and material recycling . 2 6 references edit a b tate dwinell 3 february 2010 . obama touts arc energy which could help slash led lighting costs . archived from the original on 28 june 2011 . retrieved 27 july 2011 . a b c susan vaillancourt 11 july 2011 . arc energy delivers 100th chestm furnace for led sapphire crystal growth . retrieved 29 july 2011 . eve zibel 2 february 2010 . president obama tours arc energy in nashua nh . fox news . retrieved 27 july 2011 . karen lovett 4 february 2010 . a day like no other for arc workers . retrieved 29 july 2011 . a b u.s. department of commerce 27 january 2011 . secretary locke visits arc energy in nashua new hampshire . retrieved 27 july 2011 . a b arc energy 2011 . products . retrieved 27 july 2010 . external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title arc energy & oldid 739310245 categories equipment semiconductor companiescompanies based in nashua new hampshirehidden categories orphaned articles from august 2011all orphaned articlesarticles created via the article wizard navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 13 september 2016 at 23 42 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view