The German government has reopened a review into the takeover of Aixtron, a German supplier of semiconductor equipment, by a group of Chinese investors, amid concern in Berlin about China’s growing appetite for German industrial companies.
Aixtron said on Monday that the German Economics Ministry had withdrawn a certificate confirming it had no objection to the sale of the company and was reopening a review of the deal. Aixtron said it had been informed of the decision on Friday.
The company said the review would determine whether the deal “could disturb public order” in Germany. It referred all further questions to the Economics Ministry, which could not be reached for comment.