Business Combination

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2013

Business Combination [Abstract]

Business Combination Disclosure [Text Block]

Business Combinations

Tamar Technology

In April 2013, the Company announced that it had acquired specific assets of Tamar Technology, located in Newbury Park, California (“Tamar acquisition”). The Company paid $3,365 of the purchase price in cash and accrued an additional $6,198 for contingent consideration. The acquired business has been integrated into the Company’s inspection technology group.  The impact of the acquisition was not material to the Company’s consolidated financial position or results of operations.

NanoPhotonics

In June 2012, the Company announced that it had acquired specific assets and liabilities of NanoPhotonics GmbH, located in Mainz, Germany (“NanoPhotonics acquisition”). The acquired business has been integrated into the Company’s inspection technology group.  The impact of the acquisition was not material to the Company’s consolidated financial position or results of operations.

Azores

In December 2012, the Company announced that it had acquired Azores Corporation, located in Wilmington, Massachusetts (“Azores acquisition”). The acquired business marks the Company's entry into the advanced packaging and FPD lithography markets and forms the Company’s lithography systems group. The impact of the acquisition was not material to the Company’s consolidated financial position or results of operations.

The Company made a preliminary allocation of the purchase price to the assets acquired and liabilities assumed as of the acquisition date for the Azores acquisition and the Tamar acquisition. The Company will finalize its analysis of the purchase price allocation within the first year of the acquisitions, and therefore adjustments to goodwill and identifiable intangible assets may occur. The Company has finalized the purchase price allocation of the NanoPhotonics acquisition.