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Asahi Kasei Orders AIXTRON CCS Tool

Japanese chemical group to start commercial production of Deep UV LEDs.

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By: DAVID SAVASTANO

Editor, Ink World Magazine

AIXTRON SE announced that Japanese chemical company Asahi Kasei has ordered an AIXTRON Close Coupled Showerhead system (CCS) for pilot production of Deep Ultraviolet (DUV) LEDs based on aluminum gallium nitride (AlGaN). The system is scheduled for delivery in the third quarter 2015.   High-performance DUV LEDs are used for purification and sterilization in a variety of applications, including industrial and point-of-use (POU) water purification. DUV LEDs are also used in scientific and industr...

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