Since 1982, Therma-Wave, Inc. has been revolutionizing process control metrology systems through innovative, proprietary products and technologies.The company is a worldwide leader in the development, manufacture, marketing and service of process control metrology systems used in the manufacture of semiconductors.Therma-Wave currently offers leading-edge products to the semiconductor manufacturing industry for the measurement of transparent, semitransparent, and opaque thin films, for the monitoring of ion implantation, and for the integration of metrology into semiconductor processing systems.With the completion of our successful initial public offering in February 2000, we are confident and committed to extending our worldwide leadership through our Fab Productivity Enhancement initiatives.