Varlan Associates Inc.

05/01/1997

Varian Associates Inc., Palo Alto, CA, has formed Varian Japan K.K., a wholly owned subisidary headquartered in Tokyo, to support the growing customer base in the instrumentation, semiconductor equipment, and diagnostic imaging equipment industries. The subsidiary will replace Varian Japan Ltd., a US company with a branch office in Japan. Varian Japan K.K. will have staff about 130 people that will include nearly 50 temporary employees from Tokyo Electron Ltd. (TEL), who are being added under an agreement Varian and TEL announced in December.