AIXTRON SE announced that SukYoung Kim (김 석영) has been appointed General Manager of its subsidiary AIXTRON Korea Co., Ltd.

Mr. Kim has been working in the international semiconductor industry in Korea and the USA for many years and most recently held the position of Regional President and Representative Director of Novellus Systems in Korea.

In his new position as General Manager at AIXTRON Korea, he takes over strategic and operational responsibility from Eun Sook (E.S.) Choi who held this position at AIXTRON Korea until now. Ms. Choi will further support AIXTRON as a consultant.

Dr. Bernd Schulte, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of AIXTRON SE, comments: “Korea is one of the global centers of advanced high-power LED products with many important key players. I am delighted to announce the appointment of SukYoung, which demonstrates the strategic importance of Korea’s significance as a key market within AIXTRON.”

Mr. Kim comments: “AIXTRON has highly advanced technology not only in compound, but also silicon and organic semiconductors. Our target is to support our Korean customers’ strategies for further development and to provide leadership across the business sector, helping Korea become one of the world's major countries employing MOCVD manufacturing technology.”