AIXTRON SE is a provider of deposition equipment to the semiconductor industry. The Company's technology solutions are used by a diverse range of customers worldwide to build advanced components for electronic and opto-electronic applications (photonic) based on compound, silicon, or organic semiconductor materials and more recently carbon nanotubes (CNT), graphene and other nanomaterials. Such components are used in display technology, signal and lighting technology, fiber communication networks, wireless and cell telephony applications, optical and electronic data storage, computer technology as well as a wide range of other high-tech applications.