Press Releases

FOREPI Places Repeat Order for AIXTRON CRIUS II-XL and G5 HT Systems

AIXTRON SE today announced that long-time customer Formosa Epitaxy Inc. (FOREPI) has placed a new order for several MOCVD systems. The order is made up of four CRIUS II-XL systems in a 19x4-inch wafer configuration as well as two G5 HT reactors in a 14x4-inch wafer configuration, which are to be used for the manufacturing of ultra-high brightness (UHB) GaN-based blue and white LEDs.

AIXTRON orders & revenues reflect current demand level trough / AIXTRON accelerates R&D investments through market downturn / EBIT profitability target for 2012 reiterated

Changchun University of Science and Technology Orders New AIXTRON Reactor for Laser Development

AIXTRON SE today announced a new MOCVD system order from Changchun University of Science and Technology (CUST) in China. CUST is a new customer, and has placed a contract for one AIXTRON multi-wafer MOCVD system which will be dedicated to the growth of quaternary materials for laser diodes.

MicroLink Orders Further AIX 2800G4 Reactor from AIXTRON

AIXTRON SE today announced that MicroLink Devices, located in Niles, IL, USA, has further increased its capacity for manufacturing HBT and solar cell epitaxial structures by ordering a second AIXTRON 2800G4 MOCVD reactor with automated wafer loading. The order was received in the third quarter of 2011 and will be delivered within the second quarter of 2012.

Japan’s AIST Achieves Graphene Production on 300mm Wafers using AIXTRON System

AIXTRON SE today announced that its BM 300 system has been successfully started up at the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) in Japan. The system was installed in 2011 in AIST’s super cleanroom facility in Tsukuba and was commissioned by the local AIXTRON support team. Dr. Shintaro Sato, group leader at AIST, presented the growth results on April 10 at the 2012 MRS Spring Meeting.

China’s Fujian Institute of Research to Investigate Telecom Lasers with AIXTRON CCS MOCVD Reactor

AIXTRON SE today announced that new customer FJIRSM – the Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, has placed an order for one MOCVD system. The CCS R&D reactor in a 6x2-inch wafer configuration is intended for telecommunications diode laser research.