AIXTRON AG (FSE: AIX; NASDAQ:
AIXG) announced today that Philips Lumileds Lighting Company, a world leading
manufacturer of high-power light emitting diodes (LEDs) and a solid-state lighting
industry pioneer, has ordered an additional AIXTRON G5 HT MOCVD reactor for
the production of its LUXEON power LEDs.
Mike Pugh, Chief Procurement Officer of Philips Lumileds, comments “The
G5 system’s fully automated operations through integrated wafer handling
make this new MOCVD system platform very attractive for us and is one of the
reasons we are adding another G5 system at our San Jose facility.”
Dr. Rainer Beccard, Vice President Marketing at AIXTRON explains further: “AIXTRON
is committed to demonstrate its technological leadership. With the introduction
of our new innovative technologies in our Next Generation Platform, the AIX
G5 HT, we provide a new system to our customers that enables more than the doubling
of productivity compared to the previous MOCVD generation. We are delighted
that an industry leader such as Philips Lumileds has chosen this system and
we are looking forward to closely work with the excellent team of Philips Lumileds
in San Jose to ensure a quick and successful qualification of the product."