WOODBURY, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 7, 2006--Veeco Instruments
Inc. (Nasdaq: VECO), the world's leading provider of atomic force
microscopes for research applications, today announced the launch of
it's new Caliber(TM) low-cost, high-value scanning probe microscope
(SPM). The Caliber is able to perform a variety of SPM research and
industrial applications on samples of various sizes. The instrument is
being shown for the first time on July 18 at Veeco's Annual "Seeing at
the Nanoscale Conference," this year being held at the University of
Pennsylvania.
According to Jeannine Sargent, Executive Vice President, Veeco
Metrology & Instrumentation, "Our new Caliber "mini-SPM" provides a
highly affordable, compact and flexible research solution for
materials, surface sciences, and polymer studies. Furthermore, the
Caliber's attractive price point will make Veeco's industry leading
SPM technology attainable to a broader group of industrial researchers
and makes an excellent entry-point SPM for new users in an educational
setting or in emerging high-tech growth markets such as China and
India."
"With closed-loop scanning and the ability to scan up to 90um on
almost any surface, the Caliber offers big SPM functionality in a tiny
footprint," added David Rossi, Vice President of Marketing for Veeco's
Instrumentation products. "Researchers and industrial manufacturers
with more limited funding can now benefit from Veeco's cutting-edge
SPM technology that has revolutionized the nanosciences. Our beta
customers have reacted positively to the new Caliber, commenting that
its impressive performance and small footprint allow portability which
is important in a multi-user research lab."
The Caliber's open-platform, closed-loop design allows researchers
to customize hardware and optimize electronics for excellent
application versatility. The Caliber's streamlined operational
convenience facilitates a broad array of stand-alone experiments.
Other features include real-time software with line-by line analysis,
oscilloscope, FFT, and leveling functions.
Veeco is the world leader in atomic force and scanning probe
microscopy, with an installed base of over 7,000 systems at university
and research/nanotechnology centers worldwide. For information on how
to register for "Seeing at the Nanoscale" on July 17-20th, please
visit: http://www.veeco.com/nanoconference/online_registration.asp.
About Veeco
Veeco Instruments Inc. provides solutions for nanoscale
applications in the worldwide data storage, HB-LED/wireless,
semiconductor and scientific research markets. Our Metrology products
are used to measure at the nanoscale and our Process Equipment tools
help create nanoscale devices. Veeco's manufacturing and engineering
facilities are located in New York, New Jersey, California, Colorado,
Arizona and Minnesota. Global sales and service offices are located
throughout the United States, Europe, Japan and Asia Pacific.
Additional information on Veeco can be found at http://www.veeco.com/.
To the extent that this news release discusses expectations about
market conditions, market acceptance and future sales of Veeco's
products, Veeco's future financial performance, future disclosures, or
otherwise makes statements about the future, such statements are
forward-looking and are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties
that could cause actual results to differ materially from the
statements made. These factors include the challenges of volatility in
end market conditions and the cyclical nature of the data storage,
semiconductor, HB-LED/wireless and scientific research markets, risks
associated with integrating acquired businesses and the acceptance of
new products by individual customers and by the marketplace and other
factors discussed in the Business Description and Management's
Discussion and Analysis sections of Veeco's Annual Report on Form 10-K
for the year ended December 31, 2005, subsequent Quarterly Reports on
Form 10-Q and current reports on Form 8-K. Veeco does not undertake
any obligation to update any forward-looking statements to reflect
future events or circumstances after the date of such statements.
CONTACT: For Veeco Instruments Inc.
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or
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