Nanotechnology news in brief
FEI Company
Nanotechweb.org (The World Service for Nanotechnology)
29 April 2005
FEI Company (United States) has reported sales of $121 m for the first
quarter ended 3 April 2005. The figure is 15% higher than for the same
period of 2004. Net income for the first quarter of 2005 was $3.4 m,
compared with $1.9 m for the same period in 2004 and $8.4 m in the
fourth quarter of 2004. “Our first quarter showed reasonable growth
compared with last year, even as it reflected the expected seasonal
decline after our very strong fourth quarter,” said Vahe Sarkissian,
president of FEI. “Nanotechnology research demand continued to be
solid, with bookings from our industry and institute market growing
29% since last year’s first quarter.”