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WOODBURY, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 16, 2006--Veeco Instruments Inc. (Nasdaq: VECO) has scheduled the following upcoming Investor Relations events:

Conference                Location          Date        Webcast Time

Global Crown Capital      Olympic Club      Monday      Not applicable
 Nanotech Conference      San Francisco, CA October 30,
                                             2006

Susquehanna Financial     Peninsula Hotel   Wednesday   8:30AM ET
 Group Emerging Trends     New York, NY     November 1,
 Conference                                  2006

FTN Midwest Business      St. Regis Hotel   Tuesday     10:10AM ET
 Services & Technology     New York, NY     November 7,
 Conf                                        2006

Bear Stearns 2006 SMid-   Bear Stearns      Tuesday     12:30PM ET
 Cap Investor Conference  New York, NY      November
                                             14, 2006

Presentations available for web cast will be accessible via the Veeco Investor Relations website www.veeco.com at the scheduled date and time. All conference materials will be made available no later than the morning of each respective appearance.

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 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: Veeco Instruments Inc. Debra Wasser, 516-677-0200 x1472 SVP Investor Relations & Corporate Communications SOURCE: Veeco Instruments Inc.