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Veeco Instruments, Inc. is an American manufacturing company that designs, manufactures and markets thin film process equipment for high-tech electronic device production and development all over the world.

Veeco's metal organic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD), advanced packaging lithography, laser spike annealing, laser melt, 3D wafer inspection, ion beam etch/deposition (IBE/IBD), single-wafer etch and clean technologies play an integral role in producing advanced LEDs for solid-state lighting and displays as well as in the fabrication of power electronics, hard drives, MEMS, RF/wireless chips, photonics, optics, VCSEL, advanced semiconductor and memory devices. The company also offers molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) and atomic layer deposition (ALD) tools to leading research organizations and universities worldwide.

History

Veeco was incorporated in 1945 by two scientists, Frank Raible and Al Nerken, who created the helium leak detector. The company's name "Veeco" stood for Vacuum Electronic Equipment Company. In the 1960s, the original Veeco merged with Lambda, a manufacturer of power supplies, and in the late 1980s was purchased by British company Unitech.

In 1990, Edward H. Braun,^[2] then COO of Veeco, and a group of senior company executives purchased Veeco's instrument business from Unitech in a management buy-out. The company again used the Veeco Instruments trade name and completed an initial public offering on the Nasdaq National Market in 1994 (NASDAQ: VECO). At the time, Veeco's sales were approximately $30 million.

Since the management buy-out and IPO, Braun, as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, refocused the company on supplying equipment to information-age industries.

In July 2007, Braun, then 68, became Chairman of the Board of Veeco, with John R. Peeler, 52, joining the company as Chief Executive Officer. Peeler was formerly President of JDSU's Communications Test and Measurement Division.^[3]

In 2008, Veeco settled a patent litigation it had brought against Asylum Research Corporation in 2003.^[4]

In October 2010, Veeco announced the sale of its metrology business to Bruker Corporation in a cash deal for $229.4 million.^[5]

In October 2018, William J. Miller, Ph.D., was named CEO.^[7] Dr. Miller previously served as President and has led several growth initiatives within Veeco's business units and operations teams worldwide

Acquisitions

Veeco has completed over a dozen acquisitions since 1994. Veeco purchased Ion Tech, Inc. in 1999 and entered into the optical coating market.^[8] In 2001, Veeco purchased Applied EPI, its present-day Molecular Beam Epitaxy group that currently maintains a leadership position in MBE technology worldwide.^[9] In 2003, Veeco purchased Emcore, paving the way for its unique Metal Organic Chemical Vapor Deposition technologies in the advanced LED, VCSEL and photonics markets.^[10] In 2014, Veeco purchased Solid State Equipment Co., expanding its portfolio of solvent-based Wet Etch & Clean technologies for semiconductor and compound semiconductor markets.^[11] On May 26, 2017, Veeco acquired front-end semiconductor process control equipment manufacturer Ultratech.^[12] Veeco's Ultratech business unit manufactures Advanced Packaging Lithography, Laser Spike Annealing and 3D Wafer Inspection technology used in high volume manufacturing of logic and memory devices. Via the Ultratech purchase, Veeco also acquired Cambridge Nanotech, a Boston, MA based innovator in Atomic Layer Deposition technology.^[13]

References

1. ^{{cite news| url=https://ir.veeco.com/home/default.aspx | title=Veeco Investor Relations Page}}
2. ^{{cite news| url=http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/people/person.asp?personId=338945&ticker=VECO | title=Profile of Edward H. Braun}}
3. ^{{cite news|url=http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/people/person.asp?personId=175024&ticker=VECO | title = Profile of John R. Peeler}}
4. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20080811005342/en/Veeco-Asylum-Research-Settle-Patent-Dispute|title=Veeco and Asylum Research Settle Patent Dispute}}
5. ^{{Cite news|url=http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20101007006871/en/Veeco-Completes-Sale-Metrology-Business-Bruker-Corporation|title=Veeco Completes Sale of Metrology Business to Bruker Corporation|access-date=2018-05-26|language=en}}
6. ^{{Cite press release|title=Veeco Transitions Chairman Role|url=https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20120507006550/en/Veeco-Transitions-Chairman-Role}}
7. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.photonics.com/Articles/Veeco_Announces_Leadership_Changes/a63992|title=Veeco Announces Leadership Changes|website=www.photonics.com|access-date=2019-03-04}}
8. ^{{Cite web|url=http://optics.org/article/8368|title=Veeco will merge with Ion Tech and OptiMag|website=optics.org|access-date=2019-03-04}}
9. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.eetimes.com/document.asp?doc_id=1181947|title=Veeco will buy Applied Epi for $132 million to offer epi tools for compound devices|website=EETimes|access-date=2019-03-04}}
10. ^{{Cite web|url=https://compoundsemiconductor.net/article/83115-emcore-sells-turbodisc-business-to-veeco.html|title=Emcore sells TurboDisc business to Veeco - News|website=Compound Semiconductor|language=en|access-date=2019-03-04}}
11. ^{{Cite web|url=https://electroiq.com/2014/12/veeco-completes-acquisition-of-solid-state-equipment-holdings-llc/|title=Veeco completes acquisition of Solid State Equipment Holdings LLC {{!}} Solid State Technology|language=en-US|access-date=2019-03-04}}
12. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.veeco.com/company/news/veeco-completes-acquisition-of-ultratech|title=Veeco Acquires Ultratech|website=www.veeco.com|access-date=2017-06-23}}
13. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.bizjournals.com/boston/blog/techflash/2012/12/cambridge-nanotech-assets-acquired.html|title=Cambridge NanoTech assets acquired by Calif. semiconductor LED firm|last=|first=|date=|website=www.bizjournals.com|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=2019-03-04}}

History

Acquisitions

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