Aixtron

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AIXTRON SE
Societas Europaea
Traded as FWB: AIXA, NASDAQ: AIXG
Industry Semiconductor industry
Founded 1983
Headquarters Herzogenrath, Germany
Key people
 Kim Schindelhauer (Chairman of the supervisory board), Martin Goetzeler (President and CEO)
Products Metalorganic chemical vapour deposition equipment
Revenue €193.8 million (2014)[1]
€-58.3 million (2014)[1]
Profit €-62.5 million (2014)[1]
Total assets €533.5 million (end 2014)[1]
Total equity €415.7 million (end 2014)[1]
Number of employees
 789 (end 2014)[1]
Website www.aixtron.com

AIXTRON SE is a German-based technology company, which specialises in manufacturing metalorganic chemical vapour deposition (MOCVD) equipment, for clients in the semiconductor industry. The company's shares are listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange with ADRs on the NASDAQ, and it is a constituent of the TecDAX index.

History

AIXTRON was founded as a spin-out industry from RWTH Aachen University in 1983.[2] The company listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange's now-defunct Neuer Markt, in November 1997.[3] Since going public the company has made several acquisitions, with the Scientific Equipment Division of the British company Thomas Swan & Co. and the Swedish chemical vapor deposition equipment maker Epigress AB both purchased in 1999.[4][5]

The company completed a €118 million merger with American rival Genus, Inc. in March 2005[6] and bought British nanomaterial developer Nanoinstruments Ltd., a company spun out from the University of Cambridge, in 2007.[7]

In December 2010 the company converted from a German Aktiengesellschaft to a Societas Europaea to reflect its European and international nature.

Operations

83% of AIXTRON's revenues come from clients in Asia, with around 13% coming from Europe and the remainder from the United States.[1] The company produces metalorganic chemical vapour deposition equipment, used for making a range of electronic and opto-electronic products containing compound, organic and silicon-based semiconductors as well as nanotubes and nanofibers.[8]

Many AIXTRON systems use a "planetary reactor" process whereby gaseous semiconductor substances are deposited on revolving wafers,[9] while others utilise a Close Coupled "shower head" method of deposition.

Manufacturing sites are located in Herzogenrath near Aachen in Germany, Cambridge in the United kingdom, and Sunnyvale, California, USA.

References

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