First established in 1983, AIXTRON is now
  the world� leading manufacturer of state-of-the-art MOCVD equipment for the
  production of compound semiconductors. AIXTRON�
  founding members, who still run the company today, pioneered the commercial
  introduction and success of VPE, MOVPE and MOCVD technologies.

Since then AIXTRON has played a leading
  role in the continuing development and success of these technologies. In particular
  AIXTRON� large-scale Planetary Reactor?
  systems have lead to the worldwide acceptance of CVD technology as both an efficient
  and valuable production tool. Continuing its focus on greater production efficiency,
  AIXTRON earlier this year introduced the
  first ever CVD system with true cassette-to-cassette automated wafer loading
  as used in the Silicon industry.

With the new plant inaugurated in September 2000 in Herzogenrath AIXTRON
  has opened up the world� largest and most modern production facility for MOCVD.
  Further phases which will result in a ten-fold increase in existing production
  capacity are on the way.