Charles E. Cuneo

Credence Systems Corporation is the industry provider of design-to-test solutions for the global semiconductor industry. By applying leading-edge technology to lower the overall cost-of-test, Credence delivers competitive cost and performance advantages to integrated device manufacturers, wafer foundries, outsource assembly and test suppliers and fabless chip companies worldwide. Credence was founded in 1978 and is publicly traded on the Nasdaq stock market under the symbol CMOS. Headquartered in Milpitas, California, Credence maintains a worldwide presence in twenty countries.

ADE Corp. manufactures inspection systems for the semiconductor wafer manufacturing industry. It supplies semiconductor devices, magnetic data storage to optics manufacturing industries. The company was founded in 1967 and is headquartered in Richardson, TX.

EMD Millipore Corp. engages in the provision of laboratory materials, technologies, and services to the life science industry. The company was founded by Jack Bush in 1954 and is headquartered in Burlington, MA.

Part of SAP America, Inc., MicroScript, Inc. is a company that develops enterprise application integration software. The company is based in Danvers, MA. MicroScript was acquired by New Era of Networks, Inc. on June 28, 1999 for $31.05 million.

Gibson Brands, Inc. manufactured guitars and other musical instruments. Its products included electric, bass and acoustic guitars, banjos, mandolins, pianos, drums, keyboards and electronically synthesized instruments. The firm also provided amplifiers, speakers, string picks and straps. The company was founded in 1894 by Orville Gibson and was headquartered in Nashville, TN.