AIXTRON AG has announced a new order for ten more CRIUS® 31x2-inch configuration deposition systems from Neo-Neon International Ltd. The China based company placed the order in the fourth quarter of 2009 and when the systems are delivered in the period between third and fourth quarters of 2010, they will be used for GaN ultra-high brightness (UHB) blue/green LED production. The local AIXTRON support team will commission the new reactors at the company’s new five-story facility at the mainland China production plant in Guang Dong.

Mr. Ben Fan, Chairman of Neo-Neon International Ltd., comments, “We have been enjoying the benefits of our existing AIXTRON MOCVD systems for over a year now. In order to comply with our future expansion plans it is time to further increase our capacity, so naturally, we returned to AIXTRON. I am sure that this was the best decision because of the quality of their engineering and the responsive local support that come as standard with CRIUS® systems.”

A company spezialising in flexible LED-based ‘Neon-like’ light replacement products, Neo-Neon is the world's largest decorative lighting manufacturer. It recently made its entry in the LED streetlight market by releasing the LED High Power Street Light series. Solar powered versions are also available for areas where there is ample sunshine to harness, store, and use. Neo-Neon has developed an optical enhancement technique to boost the luminosity of the LED Streetlight series by a gain factor of 50% on average thanks to a patent pending ‘Lux Boosting Optical Technology’.

Subsidiary company in the Neo-Neon Group, Xianghe mainly manufactures the LED light source, LED luminaries and other LED-based related products. Xianghe's head company Neo-Neon International Ltd., is therefore a company able to manufacture both LED chip and LED application products for the worldwide market.