Founded in 1992, August Technology Corporation is a leading supplier of all-surface, advanced macro defect inspection and analysis solutions for the microelectronic industries. The company s systems and solutions provide product- and process-enhancing information throughout the entire device manufacturing process. August Technology s systems are used by nearly every major microelectronics manufacturer in the world to improve product quality, manufacturing productivity, device yields and time-to-market. In addition to traditional semiconductors, the company serves emerging and growing markets, leveraging technological leadership and developing application partnerships in the MEMS, optoelectronics, data storage and advanced packaging markets. August Technologys advanced macro inspection solutions and decision tools transform the large amounts of collected defect data into useful information enabling process enhancing decisions to be made. August Technology Corporation maintains its headquarters in Bloomington, Minn.