Corporate Overview

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Founded in 1986, Applied Precision, LLC has become a leading developer, manufacturer, and marketer of precision equipment solutions used for research, development, production, test and process control in the semiconductor, life sciences and precision motion markets. Applied Precision's strong market position can be attributed to its proprietary core technology, Precisionware^®, and the development of unique product platforms that are broadly applicable in historically high-growth segments. Recognized for driving technological innovation and scientific advancement while often providing sole solutions to industry, Applied Precision's competencies have led to high-level relationships with industry leaders in technology and science worldwide. These collaborative relationships provide invaluable insights for the timely development and commercialization of new technologies and products.

"Core Technology in Multiple Markets"

Since its founding, Applied Precision has concentrated on applying its Precisionware core technology across multiple markets. PrecisionWare is APLLC's unique combination of mechanics, electronics, optics and software, which utilizes the strength of each technology to work together in the most efficient and optimum way. PrecisionWare advances the mechanical and optical state of the art through the use of electronics and software. PrecisionWare can be leveraged across industries wherever accuracy, repeatability, resolution, sensitivity, speed, image processing and data analysis are required. This strategy has served extremely well in the past and will continue to be an effective method of leveraging competitive advantages across multiple markets while minimizing risks associated in a single market. This simple, effective strategy requires that all business segments must be technically synergistic. Each business provides a competitive advantage for the other business. It is this synergy that allows Applied Precision to develop technology at a rapid rate while spreading the development costs over a larger product mix.

"Core Products for Multiple Markets"

Applied Precision is a leading provider of life science imaging systems with products such as the DeltaVision^® Core and personaDV Imaging Systems, cellWoRx™ High Content Cell Analysis System and the arrayWoRx family of Biochip Readers. By combining superior resolution and detail with high-precision speed and automation, these imaging systems provide quantifiable solutions for scientific discovery in fixed-cell and live-cell fluorescence microscopy, DNA and protein microarray imaging, and high-content cellular screening. Applied Precision's life sciences products are installed at biotech research centers and leading academic institutions in the United States, Europe and Japan.

Applied Precision's precision motion and control products, the NanoMotion^® Micropositioning Systems, PrecisionWoRx^® Linear Actuators and the flowPoint Precision Flow Valve, supply critical control devices for the telecommunications industry, pathology screening devices, and industries that require repeatable, discrete control of gas and liquid flow.

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