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Veeco Ships 200th TurboDisc K465i MOCVD System

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^{Published in Science and Technology on Thursday, December 16th 2010 at 14:10 GMT by Market Wire}  

PLAINVIEW, N.Y.--([ BUSINESS WIRE ])--Veeco Instruments Inc. (Nasdaq: VECO), announced today that it has shipped its 200^th[ TurboDisc® K465ia" Metal Organic Chemical Vapor Deposition (MOCVD) System ] to a leading [ LED ] manufacturer located in Asia.

"We are pleased that since its introduction to the market in January 2010, the K465i has become the market leading MOCVD system for high volume manufacturing of LEDs"

aWe are pleased that since its introduction to the market in January 2010, the K465i has become the market leading MOCVD system for high volume manufacturing of LEDs,a said Bill Miller, Ph.D., Executive Vice President, Compound Semiconductor and head of Veeco's MOCVD Operations. aWe are proud of Veecoa™s ability to ramp production of the K465i and support our global customers to meet the strong demand for tools as LED adoption accelerates for backlighting and lighting applications. This is a significant milestone for our business.a

The production-proven K465i extends Veeco's lead in capital efficiency - the number of good wafers per day for each capital dollar a" for high volume LED manufacturers. The K465i provides ease-of-tuning for fast process optimization on wafer sizes up to 8 inches and fast tool recovery time after maintenance.

About Veeco

Veeco makes equipment to develop and manufacture LEDs, solar panels, hard disk drives, and other devices. We support our customers through product development, manufacturing, sales and service sites in the U.S., Korea, Taiwan, China, Singapore, Japan, Europe and other locations. Please visit us at [ www.veeco.com ].

To the extent that this news release discusses expectations or otherwise makes statements about the future, such statements are forward-looking and are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from the statements made. These factors include the risks discussed in the Business Description and Management's Discussion and Analysis sections of Veeco's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2009 and in our subsequent quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, current reports on Form 8-K and press releases.Veeco does not undertake any obligation to update any forward-looking statements to reflect future events or circumstances after the date of such statements.