April 4, 2006 – Vesta Technology Inc., an atomic-layer deposition (ALD) equipment provider and partner of Korean firm IPS Ltd., has appointed Karl Markert as its president and CEO. He was formerly with Infineon Technologies, with prior stints at CS AG, Hoechst AG, and IBM. Other top Vesta execs, including the CTO and marketing VP, come from the prior ASML Thermal business.