Hitachi High-Tech was formed in 2001 through a merger of three companies bringing together an established reputation in measuring technology, efficiency & performance manufacturing and the experience in successful global business development and sales. Hitachi High-Tech Europe GmbH is a European leader in high-tech solutions in its four business segments: electronic device systems, life sciences, information systems and electronic components, and advanced industrial products. Hitachi High-Tech Europe provides state-of-the-art technologies and solutions in the fields of Life Science, Bio Technologies and Industrial Automation for future society. Hitachi High-Tech offers a diverse product line-up, including tabletop Scanning Electron Microscopes (SEM) systems that allow quick user-friendly operation, Field Emission SEM and Transmission Electron Microscopes (TEM) systems for performing precise detailed analysis, Focused Ion Beam SEM systems that are capable of three-dimensional analysis. Hitachi High-Tech provides the most advanced in-line analysis tools for Semiconductor development, systems that can be used with ultra-thin sections to investigate the internal structure of cells in Life Science and for three-dimensional structural observations in Material Science for device failure analysis and quality assurance work