Stanley D. Piekos

August Technology Corp. used to provides critical product and process enhancing information, which enabled microelectronic device manufacturers to drive down costs and time to market. Its decision tools correlate the defect data across surfaces and provided the comprehensive information necessary for device manufacturers to make process-enhancing decisions. The company was headquartered in Bloomington, MN.

Rudolph Technologies, Inc. engages in the design, development, manufacture, and support of defect inspection, lithography, process control metrology, and process control software. Its products include semiconductor, light emitting diodes (LED), flat panel display, data storage, and compound semi. The company was founded by Otto Curt Rudolph in 1940 and is headquartered in Budd Lake, NJ.

ASM NEXX, Inc. manufactures and develops processing equipment for wafer level packaging applications. The company was founded by Richard S. Post on August 7, 2001 and is headquartered in Austin, TX.

Persimmon Technologies Corp. provides vacuum robotics and hybrid-field motor technology. The firm offers its products, modules and automation systems to the semiconductor, data storage, LED, OLED, solar and flat panel display equipment markets. The company was founded by Michael W. Pippins and Martin Hosek in 2010 and is headquartered in Wakefield, MA.

W.R. Grace & Co. engages in the production and sale of chemicals and materials. It operates through the Grace Catalysts Technologies and Grace Materials Technologies segments. The Grace Catalysts Technologies segment includes catalysts and related products and technologies used in refining, petrochemical and other chemical manufacturing applications. The Grace Materials Technologies segment consists of specialty materials, including silica-based and silica-alumina-based materials, used in coatings, consumer, industrial, and pharmaceutical applications. The firm specializes in chemical processing, coatings and inks, food and beverage, general industrial, nutraceutical, personal care, pharma, and plastics industries. The company was founded by William Russell Grace in 1854 and is headquartered in Columbia, MD.