FEI

Official history

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Retrieved Aug 6, 201

FEI is the world leader in electron optics and focused ion beam technologies. Our market-leading solutions deliver precision imaging for three-dimensional characterization, analysis and modification of materials and structures with resolution down to the sub-Ångström level. But we're far more than the proven technology innovator.

Since our founding in 1971, FEI has persistently advanced its core technologies. The result is a unique, unsurpassed technology base that provides users withgroundbreaking results. Through a partnership with the former Philips Electron Optics division - a part of FEI since 1997 - we pioneered the world's first[http:www.fei.com/products/dualbeam/|DualBeam system]] , incorporating both a scanning electron column and a focused ion beam. Introduced nearly ten years before any competing system, the DualBeam was a development that changed forever how researchers would work. We are still the only company with both ion beam and electron beam solutions in-house, allowing us to develop more functionally-integrated solutions for our customers. Our heritage also includes industry-leading innovations in[transmission electron microscopes] (TEMs).]

Following the acquisition of Philips Electron Optics, FEI pioneered the [http:www.fei.com/products/tem/tecnai/|Tecnai TEM]] . As the world's first fully integrated TEM, it provided new levels of productivity and ease-of-use. The http:''web.archive.org/web/20130415055120/http://www.fei.com/products/transmission-electron-microscopes/titan.aspx Titan, released in 2006, demonstrates how FEI continuously raises the technology performance bar. With its sub-Ångström resolution, the Titan is the most powerful system of its type on the commercial market, and has resulted in a family of instruments, including the Titan ETEM and the Titan Krios, both capable of delivering groundbreaking results in research and life sciences.]