Nikon Precision Inc., located in Belmont, California, and Nikon Precision Europe GmbH, headquartered in Langen, Germany, are wholly owned subsidiaries of Nikon Corporation. More than 700 employees provide sales, service and customer support for Nikon photolithography systems.

Established in 1917, Nikon Corporation has been one of the world’s leading optical companies for more than 90 years. With decades of experience as a manufacturer of optical lenses and precision equipment, Nikon developed the world’s first production-worthy step-and-repeat photolithography tool in 1980, the NSR-1010G. Since then, over half of all the integrated circuits ever printed have been manufactured on more than 50 models of Nikon steppers and scanners. Today, Nikon is the leading global supplier of step-and-repeat and step-and-scan lithography systems.

Nikon photolithography systems span the range of resolutions required by today’s IC manufacturers. From high-productivity 280 nm i-line steppers to advanced ArF immersion scanners for 32 nm applications and beyond, Nikon delivers superior performance with the lowest cost of ownership and the most comprehensive customer support of any manufacturer. Nikon is also actively engaged in next-generation technology development.

As part of our commitment to provide world-class training to our customers, in 2005 Nikon opened the Worldwide Training Center (WWTC) in Belmont to meet the increasing global demand for lithography training in English. The WWTC features the latest computer-based training technologies and a cleanroom for sub-90 nm lithography applications.