july 24 2006veeco instruments inc you will find veeco s nanoscale solutions everywhere in cell phones personal data assistants portable music players video recorders digital cameras and scientific breakthroughs that are just beginning to define tomorrow technologies is a leading manufacturer of process equipment metrology for the storage semiconductor wireless hb led markets these industries continually require new methods nano fabrication order build smaller faster less expensive devices around globe researchers creating world with products 2005 reported doubling profitability on 5 increase revenues this strong turnaround resulted from company continued focus gross margin improvements cost reduction initiatives mix shift higher series operational excellence 2006 experiencing improved market conditions our core significant product introductions has forecasted earnings 455 465m strategy growth focused following activities maximizing broad line introduce which address customers technology roadmaps
