AIXTRON AG: Yangzhou Longyao adds more AIXTRON CRIUS(R) MOCVD tools for HB GaN LEDs

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Yangzhou Longyao adds more AIXTRON CRIUS(R) MOCVD tools for HB GaN LEDs 

Aachen/Germany, August 12, 2010 - AIXTRON AG (FSE: AIXA; NASDAQ: AIXG)
announced today a substantial multiple order for additional MOCVD tools
from Yangzhou Longyao, a LED manufacturing company in Yangzhou, PR China.
Yangzhou Longyao is a subsidiary of Rainbow Optoelectronics Material
Shanghai Co. Ltd., China, a long time customer of AIXTRON MOCVD equipment.

The order for further CRIUS(R) epitaxial growth reactors was placed at the
end of 2009. The systems will be delivered in a 31x2-inch wafer
configuration and commissioned at the company's modern facility in the
course of the third and fourth quarters of 2010.

AIXTRON has been chosen as the exclusive supplier for Rainbow's large-scale
plan to meet the challenges of improved LED performance via the ongoing
project entitled 'Deo Light'. This project benefits from the cooperation
with the eminent Prof. Shuji Nakamura's laboratory focusing on the further
technical development of blue, green, white LEDs and blue lasers.

Dr. Alan Li, General Manager of Yangzhou Longyao comments, 'The order was
placed with AIXTRON as they will be continuing to help with our forthcoming
capacity increase. In only a couple of years we have seen great acceptance
for our range of HB GaN LED epiwafer products, so now we quickly have to
ramp up more production in order to meet demand. We will surely have one of
the largest and most capable GaN high brightness LED capacity facilities in
China when these new tools are up and running.'

For further information on AIXTRON AG (FSE: AIXA, ISIN DE000A0WMPJ6;
NASDAQ: AIXG, ISIN US0096061041) please consult our website at:
www.aixtron.com.

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chemical vapor deposition, or CVD, technology is demanded by the market
place; the timing of final acceptance of products by customers; the
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thin film equipment market and in the macro-economy; cancellations,
rescheduling or delays in product shipments; manufacturing capacity
constraints; lengthy sales and qualification cycles; difficulties in the
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funding; variability and availability of interest rates; delays in
developing and commercializing new products; general economic conditions
being less favorable than expected; and other factors. The forward-looking
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AIXTRON AG, Kaiserstr. 98, 52134 Herzogenrath, Germany
Phone: +49 241 8909 444, Fax: +49 241 8909 445, invest@aixtron.com
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Company:      AIXTRON AG
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