Nova Measuring Instruments Explained

Nova Ltd.
Type:Public
Traded As:NASDAQ:
Founder:Giora Dishon,
Moshe Finarov
Location City:Rehovot
Location Country:Israel
Key People:Gaby Waisman (president & CEO)
Industry:Semiconductor
Services:Semiconductor equipment
Revenue: US$148.54 million (2015)
Operating Income: US$11.58 million (2015)
Net Income: US$15.75 million (2015)
Num Employees:750
Footnotes:[1]

Nova Ltd., formerly known as Nova Measuring Instruments, is a publicly traded company, headquartered in Israel, a provider of metrology devices for advanced process control used in semiconductor manufacturing. Shares of the company are traded on the NASDAQ Global Market and on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.

History

Nova Ltd. was founded in May 1993 by Giora Dishon and Moshe Finarov.[2] [3] Disn graduated from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem with a Ph.D in materials science.[4] [5] Finarov earned a Ph.D in semiconductor physics from the Technical University in Moscow.[6]

Intel Corporation became a client of and investor in Nova in 1997.[7] [8] In 1999 Nova announced the establishment of a subsidiary in Japan, Nova Measuring Instruments K.K., and that it was opening offices in Singapore in order to expand its presence in the Asia-Pacific market.[9] Nova executed its initial public offering on the NASDAQ exchange in April 2000.[10] In 2006 Nova acquired HyperNex Inc., a Pennsylvania-based developer of microstructure analysis tools.[11] In 2021 Nova acquired ancosys GmbH, a privately held German company, specializing in chemical metrology[12]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: NVMI Income Statement. Yahoo! Finance. 5 October 2011. 2011.
  2. Web site: Nova Measuring Instruments Ltd (NVMI.O) Company Profile. Reuters. 7 October 2011. Nova Measuring Instruments Ltd. (Nova), incorporated in May 1993, is a designer, developer and producer of integrated process control metrology systems.. 17 April 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100417065836/http://www.reuters.com/finance/stocks/companyProfile?rpc=66&symbol=NVMI.O. dead.
  3. Offer Danon, Ariel Karmeli. Becoming a trusted supplier to fabs and foundries. Israel Venture Capital & Private Equity. September 2008. 8. 3. 5 October 2011. 11. The company was established in 1993 by Giora Dishon and Moshe Finarov, formerly of Orbotech, to develop an advanced concept of integrating metrology and inspection tasks into the semiconductor process line..
  4. Web site: Giora Dishon: Executive Profile & Biography. Bloomberg Businessweek. 5 October 2011.
  5. News: Pinkas. Gitit. גיורא דישון, מנכ"ל נובה: 'מנענו פיטורים ע"י קיצוצים שהעובדים קיבלו בהבנה'. 5 October 2011. TheMarker. 18 March 2011. Hebrew. Giora Dishon, CEO of Nova: 'We avoided layoffs by cutbacks that employees accepted understandingly'. לד"ר דישון דוקטורט בחקר חומרים מהאוניברסיטה העברית בירושלים..
  6. Finarov. Moshe. Specifying and evaluating thin-film metrology tools. Solid State Technology. June 1999. 42. 6. 5 October 2011. 111. Moshe Finarov received his PhD in semiconductor physics from the Technical University in Moscow..
  7. News: Intel Acquires 8% of Nova Measuring Instruments for $3 Mln. 5 October 2011. Globes. Intel has invested $3 million in Israeli company Nova Measuring Instruments, in exchange for 7.9% of its share capital.. https://web.archive.org/web/20120406072027/http://archive.globes.co.il/searchgl/Intel%20Acquires%208%20of%20Nova%20Measuring%20Instruments%20for_h_hd_0L34oDpKsN3CsCJWoCYveT6ri.html. 2012-04-06. dead.
  8. News: Feldman. Batya. 'במקום נובה חדשה אני עוזר לחברות אנרגיה מתחדשת'. 5 October 2011. Globes. 11 November 2010. Hebrew. Instead of a new Nova I'm helping renewable energy companies. בשנת 1997 אינטל השקיעה בנובה והפכה גם ללקוחה שלה..
  9. News: Nova Opens Subsidiary Offices in Tokyo and Singapore. 5 October 2011. FindArticles. 9 November 1999. Business Wire. Rehovoth.
  10. Web site: Nova Measuring Instruments. Teuza. 7 October 2011. In April 2000 Nova Measuring Instruments Ltd., in which Teuza’s original investment was $900,000, issued its shares on the USA NASDAQ stock exchange (at a post money valuation of $285M)..
  11. Web site: HyperNex, Inc.: Private Company Information. https://archive.today/20121203040047/http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=1266764. dead. December 3, 2012. Bloomberg Businessweek. 5 October 2011. As of August 9, 2006, HyperNex, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Nova Measuring Instruments Ltd..
  12. News: 2021-11-17 . Nova buys German chemical metrology co ancosys for $100m . 2024-02-04 . Globes . en.

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