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 197.8 million 2015 1 operating income 26.7 million 2015 1 profit 29.2 million 2015 1 total assets 481.9 million end 2015 1 total equity 396.5 million end 2015 1 number of employees 748 end 2015 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 . contents 1 history 2 operations 3 references 4 external links history edit 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 edit 60 % of aixtron s revenues come from clients in asia with around 18 % coming from europe and the remaining 22 % 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 united states . references edit a b c d e f g annual report 2015 pdf . aixtron . retrieved 7 may 2015 . double decade anniversary . iii vs review . elsevier science . 16 6 32 . august 2003 . doi 10.1016 s0961 1290 03 00782 8 . elston julie ann june 2002 . an examination of the relationship between firm size growth and liquidity in the neuer markt pdf . discussion paper series 1 economic studies . economic research centre of the deutsche bundesbank . 2002 15 . retrieved 2008 06 09 . aixtron acquires thomas swan s scientific equipment division press release . aixtron . september 1999 . retrieved 2008 06 09 . aixtron acquires a 70 % interest in swedish cvd equipment manufacturer epigress press release . aixtron . october 1999 . retrieved 2008 06 09 . brandt nadja 31 march 2005 . aixtron says business climate to remain difficult in 2005 . bloomberg . retrieved 2008 06 09 . aixtron acquires uk co nanoinstruments for undisclosed amount . afx news . forbes . 8 october 2007 . retrieved 2008 06 09 . product overview . aixtron . retrieved 2008 06 09 . hoover s profile aixtron aktiengesellschaft . hoover s. 2008 . retrieved 2008 06 09 . external links edit official website v t e tecdax companies of germany updated 18.03.2013 adva optical networking aixtron bb biotech bechtle cancom ag carl zeiss meditec dialog semiconductor dr gerwerk drillisch euromicron evotec freenet ag jenoptik kontron lpkf laser & electronics morphosys nordex se pfeiffer vacuum psi ag qiagen qsc ag sartorius ag sma solar technology software ag stratec biomedical systems s ss microtec telef nica germany united internet wirecard 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