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Advanced Furnace Technology LTD.

Graphite cleaning, purification & coating for MOCVD III-V epitaxial growth

AFTech have over 40 years experience manufacturing bespoke furnaces for the Material Sciences sector. We specialise in graphite cleaning, graphite coating and graphite purification. We provide the MOCVD industry with a top quality, reliable and confidential service, helping you to reduce costs and improve efficiency.

CRN
01717025
Founded
1983
Age
43

Overview

Legal name
ADVANCED FURNACE TECHNOLOGY LTD.
Region
East of England
Registered address
65 CHURCH END
CHERRY HINTON
CAMBRIDGE
CAMBRIDGESHIRE
ENGLAND
CB1 3LF
Insolvency history
No

Company events

Reference milestones and recent Companies House filing stream events.

5 events
28 Feb
2027

Accounts due

Accounts Due

Next accounts due date

29 Jan
2027

Confirmation statement due

Confirmation Due

Next confirmation statement due date

15 Jan
2026

Confirmation statement filed

Confirmation

Last confirmation statement made up date

31 May
2025

Accounts filed

Accounts

Last accounts made up date

21 Apr
1983

Incorporated

Inception

Company registered at Companies House

Public funding

3 awards
First funded
2022
Funded years
2022
Age at first award
38 years

Projects

2022 Grant for R&D Lead participant

Evidencing and enabling the market for silicon carbide technology.

1 Nov 2022 to 30 Apr 2023

Awarded
£49,276
Total cost £49,276

Advanced Furnace Technology (AFT) is a 40 year old company with a successful business coating and cleaning all types of graphite components used in III-V semiconductor growth furnaces. In reaction to the fast expansion of the silicon carbide (SiC) industry in the last few years, AFT has been developing a new tantalum carbide (TaC) thin film coating that c...

2022 Collaborative R&D Lead participant

Evidence-based high purity graphite purification

1 Oct 2022 to 31 Dec 2022

Awarded
£18,569
Total cost £18,569

Advanced Furnace Technology has been providing high quality graphite purification to the semiconductor industry for many years. Our service removes trace metals and dopants from graphite parts for use in high purity processes. Through the capabilities of the National Measurement Laboratory, this project will provide analytical data for our purification se...

2022 Collaborative R&D Lead participant

Increasing resource efficiency in the silicon carbide power market

1 Apr 2022 to 31 Mar 2023

Awarded
£50,000
Total cost £50,000

I am a passionate innovator in my family business, Advanced Furnace Technology (Aftech). Aftech is an engineering and materials science company with a reputation for innovation. For example, we have developed novel graphite cleaning, purification and coating methods that have considerably increased efficiency in the compound semiconductor industry. I am a...

Product types

Collaborative R&D Grant for R&D