(April 16, 2008) Migdal Ha’Emek, ISRAEL — Jordan Valley Semiconductors LTD, a provider of semiconductor metrology solutions, has acquired the business of Bede, effective Monday April 14th. Bede is a supplier of high-resolution XRD (HRXRD) metrology for the semiconductor and compound industries with revenues of $11.6M in 2007. Bede entered into the UK’s Administration phase, their equivalent of Chapter 11, on March 31.
Jordan Valley’ s metrology tools are designed for thin films based on novel, rapid, non-contacting, and non-destructive x-ray technologies including X-ray reflectivity (XRR), X-ray fluorescence (XRF), and small angle X-ray acattering (SAXS) technologies.