Aixtron Se Unsp/Adr

The conference is now being recorded. Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to the Extron SE results of the first half 2021. At this time, all participants have been placed on a listen-only mode. The floor will be open for questions following the presentation. Let me now turn the floor over to your host, Guido Pickert. Please go ahead.

Thank you, operator. Welcome to Extron's presentation of our Q2 and third half 2021 results. I'd like to welcome our CEO, Dr. Felix Grabert, as well as our new CFO, Dr. Christian Daniger. Have a good start, Christian. As the operator indicated, this call is being recorded by Extron and is considered copyright material. As such, it cannot be recorded or rebroadcast without permission. Your participation in this call implies your consent to this recording. Please take note of our safe harbor statement, which can be found on page two of our results presentation slide deck, as it applies throughout the conference call. This call is not being presented immediately via webcast or any other medium. However, we will place an audio file of the recording or a transcript on our website at some point after the call. I would now like to hand you over to Felix Graves for opening remarks. Felix?

Thank you, Guido. Let me welcome you to our second quarter 2021 results call. I will start with an overview of the highlights in the quarter and then hand over to Christian for more details on our Q2 2021 figures. Finally, I will give you an update on the development of our business as well as our guidance for the year. Let me start by giving you an overview of the key developments in Q2 on slide two. During the second quarter 21, we continue to note a strong order momentum throughout all our business but in particular in GAN power, in LEDs, and in data.