Veeco Instruments, Inc

Electronic News, Dec 14, 1998 by Jeff Dorsch

Three leading Japanese data storage companies placed orders totaling more than $9 million for etch and deposition equipment with Veeco Instruments, Inc., Plainview, N.Y. The orders are primarily for cluster tool combinations of Veeco ion beam deposition (IBD), ion beam etching (IBE) and physical vapor deposition (PVD) products for advanced high-density magnetoresistive (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.