Bruker Corporation acquires Veeco Metrology & Instrumentation

Bruker Corporation announced on October 7th, 2010, the closing of its acquisition of the Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) and the Optical Industrial Metrology (OIM) instruments businesses from Veeco Instruments, Inc.

The industry-leading AFM scientific instruments business headquartered in Santa Barbara, California, as well as the OIM business based in Tucson, Arizona, along with the global AFM/OIM field sales, applications and support organizations, have now become Nano Surfaces Business, Bruker Corporation.

The acquired AFM and OIM businesses are highly complementary to Bruker's existing systems and solutions.

Frank Laukien, President and CEO of Bruker Corporation, stated: "We are very excited about the addition of these highly regarded AFM and OIM businesses to Bruker...."

Dr. Munch commented: "Together with Bruker, we now have a tremendous new ability to further develop innovative products that will evolve the industry and how we measure and obtain nanoscale information."

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Science & Technology

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• Bruker Corporation
• Nano Surfaces Business
• Atomic Force Microscopy
• Profiler Metrology
• nanoscience