Veeco Appoints New Asia Pacific General Manager

Don Kania, Ph.D., Veeco's President and Chief Operating Officer,commented, "Benjamin's over 15 years of international sales andservice experience focused on the APAC region will be a tremendousasset to Veeco. Over 30% of our revenues now come from APAC, ourfastest growing region. APAC has become significant to Veeco'scustomers across all of our end markets -- data storage,semiconductor, HB-LED/wireless and in scientific research."

Mr. Loh joins Veeco from Unaxis, where he was Senior VicePresident of Asia and President of Unaxis Shanghai. Throughout thecourse of his career, Mr. Loh has worked in a number of positions ofincreasing responsibility spanning most of Asia, including Singapore,Korea, Japan, Hong Kong and China.

About Veeco

Veeco Instruments Inc. provides solutions for nanoscaleapplications in the worldwide semiconductor, data storage,HB-LED/wireless and scientific research markets. Our Metrologyproducts are used to measure at the nanoscale and our ProcessEquipment tools help create nanoscale devices. Veeco's manufacturingand engineering facilities are located in New York, New Jersey,California, Colorado, Arizona and Minnesota. Global sales and serviceoffices are located throughout the United States, Europe, Japan andAsia Pacific. Additional information on Veeco can be found athttp://www.veeco.com/.

To the extent that this news release discusses expectations aboutmarket condition, market acceptance and future sales of Veeco'sproducts, Veeco's future financial performance, future disclosures, orotherwise makes statements about the future, such statements areforward-looking and are subject to a number of risks and uncertaintiesthat could cause actual results to differ materially from thestatements made. These factors include the challenges of continuingweakness in end market conditions and the cyclical nature of thecompound semiconductor/wireless, data storage, semiconductor andresearch markets, risks associated with integrating acquiredbusinesses and the acceptance of new products by individual customersand by the marketplace and other factors discussed in the BusinessDescription and Management's Discussion and Analysis sections ofVeeco's Annual Report on Form 10-K, subsequent Quarterly Reports onForm 10-Q and current reports on Form 8-K. Veeco does not undertakeany obligation to update any forward-looking statements to reflectfuture events or circumstances after the date of such statements.