Electro Scientific Industries Inc.

Electro Scientific Industries, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the design, manufacture, and marketing of high-technology manufacturing equipment to the semiconductor and micro-electronics markets. It offers semiconductor memory-yield equipment, which is primarily used in the manufacture of DRAMs and NAND flash memory devices; Model 2100 thin-film-on-silicon trimming system that helps manufacturers in trimming performance parameters to specific values for applications in wireless, instrumentation, and precision analog devices to improve the components precision; sapphire wafer scribing tools, which are used for etching the wafer during the manufacture of high-brightness blue LEDs; and laser LCD repair systems that help in the manufacture of flat panel displays. The company also produces high-capacity test and optical inspection equipment that helps in the quality control process during the production of multi-layer ceramic capacitors; laser microvia engineering systems for electrical interconnect applications between layers in high-density circuit boards, flexible circuits, and IC packages; and UV laser processing systems. Electro Scientific Industries primarily serves manufacturers of semiconductors, passive components, electronic interconnect devices, and other components used in various end products in the computer, consumer electronics, communications, and other industries worldwide.