Reorganisation
US company AXT is to reduce the workforce at its Fremont, California, manufacturing facility by 45 people (35%) over the next 60 days as part of ongoing efforts to consolidate manufacturing in China. AXT produces high-performance compound semiconductor substratesUS company AXT is to reduce the workforce at its Fremont, California, manufacturing facility by 45 people (35%) over the next 60 days as part of ongoing efforts to consolidate manufacturing in China. AXT produces high-performance compound semiconductor substrates for the fibre optics and communications industries.
The company's proprietary vertical gradient freeze (VGF) crystal growth technology produces low-defect, semi-insulating and semiconducting gallium arsenide, indium phosphide and germanium wafers. for the fibre optics and communications industries. The company's proprietary vertical gradient freeze (VGF) crystal growth technology produces low-defect, semi-insulating and semiconducting gallium arsenide, indium phosphide and germanium wafers.
