Veeco Instruments, Inc. is a leading provider of solutions for nanoscale applications in the worldwide semiconductor, data storage, telecommunications/wireless and scientific research markets. The company’s metrology tools are used to make surface measurements at the nanoscale level, allowing customers to monitor their products throughout the manufacturing process in order to improve yields, reduce costs and enhance product quality. The firm’s process equipment tools help create nanoscale devices by precisely depositing or removing various materials in the manufacturing of advanced thin film magnetic heads for the data storage industry, semiconductor deposition of mask reticles and compound semiconductor/wireless and LED devices. Veeco’s manufacturing and engineering facilities are located in New York, New Jersey, California, Colorado, Arizona and Minnesota. The company also has sales and services offices located through the U.S., Europe, Japan and Asia Pacific. Veeco has made 11 acquisitions to date, including its two most recent acquisitions: Advanced Imaging, Inc., the world’s leading commercial manufacturer of precision bar lapping equipment for advanced data storage thin film magnetic heads; and Emcore Corporation’s TurboDisc metal organic chemical vapor deposition business, making Veeco the only company that provides both key compound semiconductor epitaxial deposition technologies. Recently, the company filed a lawsuit against Asylum Research, Inc. for the manufacture, use and sale of Asylum’s MFP-3D atomic force microscope, which the firm feels infringes upon five of its patents.

Veeco provides employees with general health insurance, life and disability insurance, tuition reimbursement, an employee assistance program and a referral program.