FEI Company · Hillsboro, OR United States ·(NASDAQ (GM): FEIC)

FEI finds defects PDQ. The company makes structural process management systems that use ion beams to analyze and diagnose submicron structures in semiconductors, data storage components, and biological and industrial compounds. FEI makes focused ion beam and dual beam electron microscopes that analyze integrated circuits (ICs). It also makes scanning and transmission electron microscopes that detect defects in ICs and analyze biological specimens and materials. FEI is targeting applications in nanotechnology R&D, while still getting sales from semiconductor and data storage companies. Customers outside the US account for about two-thirds of sales. To read the full description, subscribe now.