Nova Ltd. (formerly Nova Measuring Instruments) is a publicly traded company, headquartered in
Israel
Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...
, a provider of
metrology devices for
advanced process control used in
semiconductor manufacturing
Semiconductor device fabrication is the process used to manufacture semiconductor devices, typically integrated circuit (IC) chips such as modern computer processors, microcontrollers, and memory chips such as NAND flash and DRAM that are pres ...
. Shares of the company are traded on the
NASDAQ Global Market and on the
Tel Aviv Stock Exchange
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.
History
Nova Ltd. was founded in May 1993 by Giora Dishon and Moshe Finarov. Dishon graduated from the
Hebrew University of Jerusalem with a Ph.D in
materials science. Finarov earned a Ph.D in semiconductor physics from the
Technical University in Moscow.
Intel Corporation became a client of and investor in Nova in 1997. In 1999 Nova announced the establishment of a subsidiary in
Japan, Nova Measuring Instruments K.K., and that it was opening offices in
Singapore
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in order to expand its presence in the Asia-Pacific market. Nova executed its
initial public offering
An initial public offering (IPO) or stock launch is a public offering in which shares of a company are sold to institutional investors and usually also to retail (individual) investors. An IPO is typically underwritten by one or more investme ...
on the NASDAQ exchange in April 2000. In 2006 Nova acquired HyperNex Inc., a
Pennsylvania
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-based developer of
microstructure
Microstructure is the very small scale structure of a material, defined as the structure of a prepared surface of material as revealed by an optical microscope above 25× magnification. The microstructure of a material (such as metals, polymers ...
analysis tools.
See also
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Metrology
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Semiconductor device fabrication
Semiconductor device fabrication is the process used to manufacture semiconductor devices, typically integrated circuit (IC) chips such as modern computer processors, microcontrollers, and memory chips such as NAND flash and DRAM that are p ...
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TA BlueTech Index
The TA BlueTech Index is a stock market index all capitalised information technology and biotechnology companies listed on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE). The index was launched on 3 April 2011 as the TA BlueTech-50 Index and replaced by the ...
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List of Israeli companies quoted on the Nasdaq
Israel had more companies listed in 2012 on the NASDAQ stock exchange than any country outside the United States, save China. As of 2011, some sixty Israeli companies are listed on the Nasdaq. 2000 was the year that saw the most new Israeli listin ...
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