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- AIXTRON SE, founded in 1983 and headquartered in Herzogenrath, Germany, near Aachen, develops, produces and installs deposition equipment for the semiconductor industry, serving customers worldwide in Europe, Asia and the United States; the company offers metal organic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD) systems such as the G10 family for silicon carbide (SiC) and gallium nitride (GaN), chemical vapor deposition (CVD) and plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD) tools, organic vapor phase deposition (OVPD) and polymer vapor phase deposition (PVPD) systems, along with deposition processes, consulting, training, customer support and peripheral devices. Its equipment enables production of high-performance compound semiconductor components for optoelectronics including LEDs, MicroLEDs, lasers and displays; power electronics such as SiC and GaN for electromobility, energy-efficient inverters and AI data center power supplies; optical and wireless data transmission; sensors; and emerging applications like 2D nanomaterials and graphene. AIXTRON targets manufacturers in these high-tech segments, with products optimized for both volume production and research & development on wafer sizes up to 300 mm.
In recent developments, AIXTRON completed construction of a new 1,000 m2 innovation center in Herzogenrath in 2024 to advance 300 mm GaN technology and customer collaborations, placing pilot systems with leading customers; the company acquired a production facility near Turin, Italy, to expand capacity for future demand peaks; its G10-SiC systems gained new customers and market share in 2024, contributing around 50% of system sales amid strong optoelectronics growth offsetting weaker power electronics demand. The firm joined a 300 mm GaN Power Electronics Program using its Hyperion GaN MOCVD system for electric vehicles and AI data centers; it revised 2025 revenue guidance downward to EUR 530-600 million due to short-term power semiconductor weakness and proposed a EUR 0.15 per share dividend. AIXTRON maintains technology leadership through ongoing R&D investments, positioning for medium-term growth in AI-driven GaN, electromobility SiC and optoelectronics despite 2024 market challenges.