April 20, 2006 — FEI Co. announced that McMaster University in Ontario, Canada, has ordered two FEI Titan S/TEM systems and a multi-year service contract to support them. In dollars, it is one of the largest orders in recent FEI history.

The two Titan systems — capable of delivering sub-Angstrom revolution — will be installed at Canada’s National Facility for Ultrahigh-Resolution Electron Microscopy at McMaster University. The new, state-of-the-art facility will serve researchers from 24 universities across Canada, several national laboratories and partners from institutions around the world.

Using the Titan’s aberration-corrected and monochromated technology, users of the systems at McMaster will conduct nanoscale research in areas including electronics, photonics, metallic alloys, drug delivery systems and energy-related materials including catalysts and battery materials, among others.

Since the introduction of the Titan S/TEM in August 2005, FEI said it has received orders for more than 30 systems and has increased Titan production to keep pace with market demand. The installation of the McMaster Titans is scheduled for the first quarter of 2007.