SOURCE: Ambios Technology, Inc.
April 11, 2008 06:00 ET
Ambios Technology, Inc. Grows to Meet Expanding Nanotechnology Market
SANTA CRUZ, CA--(Marketwire - April 11, 2008) - Ambios Technology, Inc. announced today that
it has entered into a multi-year agreement doubling the size of its Santa
Cruz headquarters. The additional space will be used to substantially
increase manufacturing, engineering and research facilities. Ambios
Technology makes surface measurement and visualization instruments,
including atomic force microscopes, stylus-type profilometers, and scanning
white light interferometers. These instruments are the "eyes" of the
high-resolution research and nanotechnology industry.
According to Cientifica Ltd., a
UK-based nanotech market research firm, the nanotech marketplace excluding
semiconductors and microelectronics is expected to grow 36%, annually
through 2012. Growth in this market is further substantiated by the U.S.
Department of Labor's strategic plan for fiscal years 2006-2011 which
stated, "...growth in emerging fields such as nanotechnology -- will
accelerate in the coming decades."
"Our steady twenty plus percent growth per year is largely attributable to
our access to the emerging nanotechnology market," according to Patrick
O'Hara, President and CEO of Ambios Technology. "Increased spending in
government, academic and industrial research in nanotechnology has lead to
increased revenue for Ambios Technology. As a result, we needed to expand
our facilities to meet the needs of our customers in this and other
markets."
Ambios Technology Established in 1996, Ambios Technology, Inc. is a
privately held company focused on surface measurement and visualization at
the nanoscale and is headquartered in California.