Veeco Reports $9M in Japanese Orders.PLAINVIEW, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 9, 1998--Data Storage Manufacturers Buy Process Equipment Tools for Advanced MR/GMR Applications Veeco Instruments Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :VECO) today reported receipt of orders exceeding $9 million for etch and deposition equipment from three leading Japanese data storage companies. The orders are primarily for cluster tool combinations of Veeco ion beam deposition Ion Beam Deposition is a process of applying materials to a target through the application of an ion beam. In an ion source source materials - gases or evaporated solids - are ionized using electron ionization or by application of high electric fields (Penning ion source). (IBD IBD abbr. inflammatory bowel disease Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) Disease in which the lining of the intestine becomes inflamed. Mentioned in: Amebiasis IBD 1. ), ion beam etching (IBE) and physical vapor deposition  This article or section is in need of attention from an expert on the subject.Please help recruit one or [ improve this article] yourself. See the talk page for details. (PVD) products for advanced high density magnetoresistive See magnetoresistance. (MR) and giant magnetoresistive (GMR) thin film magnetic head (TFMH) applications. Shipments are scheduled for the first half of 1999. These equipment orders come a year after Veeco opened a direct sales and service center in Japan. "This significant improvement in bookings from Japan is a result of our now being able to offer customers local applications and service support," stated Emmanuel Lakios, President of Veeco's Process Equipment Group. "It is also evidence of the continuing acceptance of ion beam deposition for MR and GMR thin film head manufacturing." Veeco Instruments Inc., headquartered in Plainview, New York Plainview is a hamlet (and census-designated place) located in the town of Oyster Bay, Nassau County, New York, USA. The population was 25,637 at the 2000 census. Plainview and its neighboring hamlet, Old Bethpage, share a school system, library, fire department and water , is a worldwide leader in Metrology tools for the data storage and semiconductor industries, and Process Equipment etch and deposition tools for the data storage industry. Manufacturing and engineering facilities are located in New York, California and Arizona. Global sales and service offices are located throughout the United States, Europe, Japan and Asia Pacific. To the extent that this news release discusses expectations about market conditions or about market acceptance and future sales of the Company's products, 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 cyclical nature of the data storage and semiconductor industry, risks associated with 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 Management's discussion and analysis (MD&A) A report from management to shareholders that accompanies the firm's financial statements in the annual report. It explains the period's financial results and enables management to discuss topics that may not be apparent in the financial sections of the Company's Report on Form 10-K and Annual Report to Shareholders. |
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