AIXTRON SE: Q3 Orders and Revenues improve sequentially 15% and 35% / EUR 51.5m Inventory write-downs reflecting the slower than expected recovery of demand / LED-lighting gaining further mo

AIXTRON SE: Slower Than Expected Recovery of Demand leads to EUR 51.5m Inventory Write-Downs / The Company will not Return to Profitability within the Current Year

Asahi Kasei Orders AIXTRON System for Next-generation Device Development

AIXTRON SE today announced that Asahi Kasei Corporation (“Asahi Kasei”) has ordered an AIXTRON Close Coupled Showerhead (CCS) 6x2-inch MOCVD system to develop its next generation arsenide-phosphide-based optoelectronic devices and antimonide-based sensor devices. The order was placed in the first quarter and delivery is due in the fourth quarter of 2012.

CRP to Develop Biocompatible Polymers With AIXTRON PRODOS-200 PVPD System

AIXTRON SE today announced that in the third quarter of 2012 the Centre de Recherche Public (CRP) – Gabriel Lippmann, one of Luxembourg’s leading nano-technology research institutes, has successfully put an AIXTRON PRODOS-200 system into operation.

AZUR SPACE Solar Adds Further AIXTRON Reactors for the Production of Terrestrial Solar Cells

AIXTRON SE today announced a repeat order for further MOCVD systems from AZUR SPACE Solar Power GmbH of Heilbronn, Germany. The new contract is for two MOCVD systems to be dedicated to the growth of gallium arsenide (GaAs) materials for the production of concentrated photovoltaic (CPV) solar cells for terrestrial applications.

China’s IMR Orders AIXTRON System for Carbon Nanotube and Graphene Research

AIXTRON SE today announced a new BM system order from the Institute of Metal Research (IMR) at the Chinese Academy of Sciences. The contract is for a BM Pro PECVD system in a 4-inch wafer configuration, which will be dedicated to the production of carbon nanotubes and graphene.