TESCAN GROUP

Tescan designs and manufactures electron microscopy and imaging instruments, including SEM, FIB-SEM, STEM and micro-CT systems, along with laser-based tools and related workflow software. The company also sells service plans (Tescan SHIELD), original spare parts and consumables, and on-site training for its systems.

Its customers are research and scientific laboratories, industrial and semiconductor manufacturers, and users in materials science, life sciences and geoscience. The website describes revenue from instrument sales together with lifecycle service, parts and training.

Tescan was founded in Brno, Czech Republic, in 1991 and is headquartered there; the website also lists a branch in China established in 2009. It describes itself as a new part of Shimadzu Corporation, supporting researchers in more than 80 countries through subsidiaries, offices and partners. The website reports 850+ employees and 14 branches worldwide, and its careers page lists current job openings.

Product: Scanning and focused-ion-beam electron microscopes (SEM, FIB-SEM, STEM), micro-CT systems and laser-based tools, with service plans, spare parts and training.