Aixtron on Track for Record Year; Gets Order from ETH Zurich for 4-inch Black Magic Tool for CNT Nanofluidics
Source/Type: News - Staff reports

Author: CompoundSemi News Staff

May 4, 2010... Aixtron is reportedly on track to a record year in revenues and profits with a very strong first quarter, according to posted quarterly earnings for Q1 2010. Aixtron also reported a previous order for one Black Magic CNT (carbon nanotube) deposition system from ETH Zurich, a leading Institute in Switzerland. The system was installed in a 1x4 inch wafer configuration at the Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering.

Professor Hyung Gyu Park, Head of the Nanoscience for Energy Technology and Sustainability group commented, “Having evaluated several CNT tools, we found that the Aixtron Black Magic system was the best overall in terms of uniformity and process control for wafer-scale growth of single wall carbon nanotubes. The system interface is user friendly and the reactor uses growth technology that has been proven in many labs as well as industry. We are extremely pleased with the system and it has consistently produced high quality, vertically aligned single wall carbon nanotubes which is exactly what we require. We are integrating these nanotubes into novel devices on a wafer-scale."

Revenues for the quarter grew an impressive 234 percent compared to the same quarter of 2009. Net income increased 440 percent over the quarter a year ago. And the EBIT margin nearly doubled from 16 percent to 30 percent.

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