Aixtron SE announced that the current CEO of the company, Martin Goetzeler, is leaving the company at the end of his contract on February 28, 2017 for personal reasons and in agreement with the company's Supervisory Board. Former AIXTRON Executive Board Member and current Supervisory Board Chairman, Kim Schindelhauer, will take on Mr. Goetzeler's duties as CEO and CFO on an interim basis starting March 1, 2017, until a successor is found. The strategy adopted will continue unchanged.

Professor Dr. Wolfgang Bl-ttchen, current deputy chairman of the Supervisory Board, will take over as chair of the Supervisory Board during Mr. Schindelhauer's work as CEO of the company.