Dr. Holger Jürgensen has been appointed Honorary Chairman of the Aixtron SE Supervisory Board. Dr. Jürgensen, who co-founded AIXTRON in 1983, ran the company and served on its Board of Directors until 2002. Between 2002 and 2013, Dr. Jürgensen was Deputy Chairman of the AIXTRON Supervisory Board.

He resigned in January 2013 for personal reasons. In recognition of his work over the last 30 years and his service to the company, the Supervisory Board has decided to appoint him Honorary Chairman.