Dow Corning and AIXTRON AG today announced that Dow Corning is extending its SiC epitaxy capabilities with the latest generation AIXTRON Planetary Reactor platform AIX 2800G4 WW for 10x100 mm and future 6x150 mm SiC wafers. The reactor is planned to be commissioned in the second quarter 2010.

AIXTRON AG announced that in the fourth quarter 2008 the Institute of Nuclear Energy Research (Taiwan), ordered an AIX 2800G4 Planetary Reactor system for the production of Germanium / III-V based solar cells.