Sonnet was founded in 1986 by CEO Robert Farnsworth, who owns half of the company. Sonnet Technologies provides local storage systems (Fusion) for professional users of Macintosh, Windows, and UNIX systems in the broadcast, film, and video industries. It also offers performance and connectivity enhancements for Mac and industry-standard computers, as well as computer hardware upgrades with product lines featuring high-performance and cost-effective storage solutions. Branded products (Crescendo and Encore) boost the power of a computer's central processor. PCI adapters (Tango and Tempo) upgrade Macs with FireWire, USB, or SCSI connection ports.

Cabot Microelectronics Corporation was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Aurora, Illinois. Cabot Microelectronics Corporation (Cabot Microelectronics) is a supplier of polishing slurries used in the manufacture of integrated circuit (IC) devices within the semiconductor industry, in a process called chemical mechanical planarization (CMP). CMP is a polishing process used by IC device manufacturers to planarize or flatten many of the multiple layers of material that are deposited upon silicon wafers in the production of ICs. It is engaged in the development, manufacture and sale of CMP consumables. It develops, produces and sells CMP slurries for polishing conducting and insulating materials used in IC devices, and also for polishing the disk substrates and magnetic heads used in hard disk drives. The Company also develops, manufactures and sells CMP polishing pads, which are used in conjunction with slurries in the CMP process. In February 2009, the Company completed its acquisition of Epoch Material Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of Eternal Chemical Co., Ltd.

Metara Inc. was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California. Metara Inc. manufactures chemical metrology tools for semiconductor industry that are used in monitoring and controlling chemical processes. Its products include sentry trace contamination metrology system, which monitors benign chemistries for trace contaminants; and sentry chemical composition metrology system, which monitors copper electroplating and cobalt bath chemistries. The company also offers sentry harsh chemistry metrology system, an analysis solution for harsh chemistries used in semiconductor manufacturing processes; and inline mass spectrometer, a chemical metrology solution that determines chemical composition and potential yield-or process-limiting contaminants.

EPIC company has evolved into providing contract electronic manufacturing services primarily for clients in the automotive (78% of sales), consumer electronics, and personal communications sectors. EPIQ makes electronic and electro-mechanical systems and subsystems, such as printed circuit boards and injection-molded plastic parts, as well as other drive and control elements. The company also offers engineering, R&D, and logistics management services. European customers account for around 80% of sales. Belgian investment group Elex NV owns about 79% of EPIQ.

Centon designs and develops memory products for more than 5,000 models of PCs, printers, workstations, servers, laptop and palmtop computers, embedded systems, and communications devices. Its products include memory modules, flash and embedded memories, and custom memory products. Centon sells its products directly to end users and through retail outlets and distributors worldwide. The company has formed partnerships with Intel and Rambus. Centon has expanded into making MP3 digital music players and MP4 audio/video players. CEO Gene Miscione, who founded Centon in 1978, owns the company.

Pixelplus Co., Ltd. is engaged in designing, developing and marketing complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) image sensors for use in mobile camera phones and other applications, such as personal computers (PC) cameras and security and surveillance systems. The Company’s image sensors are used to capture and convert images into digital signals for display or transmission. The Company focuses on creating design technologies to develop and market image sensors with sharp, colorful, image quality, size efficiency and low power consumption, while outsourcing its manufacturing, testing and assembly requirements to independent companies.

MKS Instruments, Inc. was founded in 1961 and is headquartered in Andover, Massachusetts with additional offices in China, France, Germany, Japan, Korea, the Netherlands, Singapore, Taiwan, the United Kingdom, and the United States. MKS Instruments, Inc. (MKS) is a worldwide provider of instruments, subsystems and process control solutions that measure, control, power, monitor and analyze critical parameters to improve process performance and productivity of advanced manufacturing processes. The Company also provides services relating to the maintenance and repair of its products, software maintenance, installation services and training. MKS groups its products into three product groups: Instruments and Control Systems, Power and Reactive Gas Products, and Vacuum Products. MKS’ products are used in diverse markets, applications and processes. The Company’s primary served markets are manufacturers of capital equipment for semiconductor devices and for other thin film applications including flat panel displays, solar cells, data storage media and other advanced coatings.

Chromalox company makes switches and electrical components for heaters, grills, hot plates, defrosters, water heaters, and other products. It also makes thermostats, sensors, commercial and industrial cables and controls, and vaporizer systems. Its equipment has been used aboard the Space Shuttle, and on earth in the biopharmaceutical, food services, petrochemical, power generation, and wastewater treatment industries. A part of Emerson Electric for 33 years, Chromalox was sold in 2001 to an investor group led by JPMorgan Partners (now CCMP Capital Advisors) for $165 million.

Orbotech Ltd., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the design, development, manufacture, marketing, and service of production solutions for specialized applications in the supply chain of the electronics industry worldwide. he company provides automated optical inspection (AOI), production and imaging products for specialized applications in the manufacture of printed circuit boards (PCB) and AOI; test and repair systems for flat panel displays; and automatic check reading products enabled through its recognition software and gamma cameras for use in nuclear cardiac imaging. It also markets computer aided manufacturing solutions for PCB production; develops and markets character recognition solution to banks and other financial institutions; and provides technology for Web-based and location-independent data entry for check and forms processing. The company was formerly known as Optrotech Ltd. and changed its name to Orbotech Ltd. in October 1992 as a result of merger with Orbot Systems Ltd. Orbotech was founded in 1981 and is headquartered in Yavne, Israel.

LTX-Credence Corporation company was founded in 1976 and is headquartered in Milpitas, California. LTX-Credence Corporation (LTX-Credence) provides focused, automated test equipment (ATE) solutions. The Company designs, manufactures, markets and service ATE solutions that address the divergent test requirements of the wireless, computing, automotive and digital consumer market segments. Semiconductor designers and manufacturers worldwide use its equipment to test their devices during the manufacturing process. After testing, these devices are then incorporated in a range of products, including computers, mobile Internet equipment, such as wireless access points and interfaces, broadband access products, such as cable modems and digital subscriber line (DSL) modem, personal communication products, such as cell phones and personal digital assistants, consumer products, such as televisions, digital cameras and automobile electronics, and for power management in portable and automotive electronics. On August 29, 2008, LTX Corporation and Credence Systems Corporation completed a merger.

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