Oxford Instruments plc, England, announces that it has agreed to sell its Industrial Analysis business to Hitachi High-Technologies Corp. for a consideration of $100 million on a cash and debt-free basis.
Hitachi High-Technologies Corp., Tokyo, announces the Hitachi ArBlade 5000 broad ion-milling system, which enables high throughput and prepares wide-area cross-sectional samples.
Lasertec, Japan, introduces the Optelics Hybrid confocal microscope, in which laser and white light sources are combined in one body, for a multi-functional high-performance confocal microscope.
JEOL USA, Peabody, Mass., introduces a new scanning electron microscope that combines the performance of a field emission SEM with the simplicity of the JEOL InTouchScope SEM series.