Veeco: the history behind its technology business

Veeco Instruments has roots extending back to the mid-20th century and evolved into a specialist supplier of equipment used to create and modify thin films and semiconductor materials.

How Veeco developed

Over decades the company reshaped its portfolio through product development, acquisitions and divestitures, concentrating on process equipment such as ion-beam, laser-annealing, deposition and related systems for advanced electronics.

Veeco in 2026

By 2026, Veeco supplied manufacturing equipment used in semiconductor, compound-semiconductor, photonics and advanced-packaging processes.

Why the history matters

Veeco’s history illustrates the importance of specialised process tools: many improvements in chips and photonic devices require new ways to deposit, etch, anneal or modify materials at extremely fine scales.