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Founded in 1949, JEOL USA is one of the leading companies that offers electron optical equipment for scientific and industrial research and development purposes in the world. It supplies scanning electron, transmission electron and scanning probe microscopes. The company also provides mass spectrometers and semiconductor tools for scientific and industrial applications. JEOL USA works with a team of more than 300 employees. The company has over 10 regional service centers that offer emergency service and support solutions in the United States. It serves several research laboratories and health and investigative organizations. JEOL USA is a wholly owned subsidiary of JEOL Limited, which has achieved ISO 9001 certification.

Oxford Instruments America is a provider of tools and systems for nanotechnology and bioscience markets. The company designs and manufactures high-technology tools for various industries, including the research, education, space, energy, defense and health care industries. The company combines technologies in several areas, such as low-temperature and high-magnetic field environments, X-ray, electron- and optical-based metrology, nuclear magnetic resonance, advanced growth, deposition and etching. Its products include optimized modular equipment configured for a wide range of applications. The company s business areas include molecular biotools, nanoscience, superconducting and plasma technologies. In addition, it designs and manufactures low-power X-ray tubes and components.

Nanometrics is a leading supplier of advanced integrated and standalone metrology equipment to the semiconductor industry. Nanometrics product lines offer an array of proprietary technologies in optics, software and systems integration designed to meet the process control requirements of advanced semiconductor technologies. These process control solutions are implemented on common metrology platforms that can be configured with a variety of measurement technologies, or as a single technology targeted for a specific process control application. The company s metrology systems are designed to measure various thin film properties, critical circuit dimensions and layer-to-layer circuit alignment during various steps of the manufacturing process. Nanometrics maintains its headquarters in Milpitas, Calif., and it operates sales and service offices throughout the world. Nanometrics is traded on the NASDAQ under the symbol NANO.