aea classics conference presentation november 2006 fse aix isin de0005066203 nasdaq aixg us0096061041 wolfgang breme executive vice president & chief financial officer bill elder slide 2 company history 1983 aixtron founded as spin off from rwth aachen university 1989 exclusive licence for multi wafer planetary mocvd reactor technology philips 1995 becomes world market leader vlsi with equipment sales of almost us 23 m 1997 ipo frankfurt german stock exchange 1998 receives first 10 best supplier award semiconductor companies 1999 acquisition thomas swan uk incl patented ccs 70 stake in epigress sweden 100 2004 2000 ovpd manufacturing udc 2002 paul hyland ceo 2005 merges genus inc cvd and ald technologies cfo extends global leadership to 63 the 7 th time customer acceptance gen2 oled production system 3 a player herzogenrath lund tssel cambridgeengineering solutions on scale sunnyvale 4 presence shanghai