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Aixtron Sells 500th Reactor (Markets, Materials and Equipment)
Aixtron recently sold an MOCVD system to Mitsubishi Electric (Itami, Japan), an AIX 2600G3 that will be used in the volume production of lasers. The order marks a milestone for Aixtronit was the company s 500th system sale since the company s foundation in 1983. Aixtron says it has sold over 250 multiwafer production machines for compound semiconductorsaround 190 machines over the last two yearsincluding 30 multiwafer 6-inch machines for GaAs-based microelectronics applications.