Nanometrics and Rudolph Announce Merger Agreement to Create a Premier Semiconductor Process Control Company

MILPITAS, Calif. & WILMINGTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nanometrics Incorporated (NASDAQ: NANO), a leading provider of advanced process control metrology and software analytics, and Rudolph Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: RTEC), a leading provider of semiconductor process control systems, lithography equipment, and software for wafer fabs and advanced packaging facilities, today announced that they have agreed to combine in an all-stock merger of equals transaction. The merged company will be a premier end-to-end metrology, inspection, process control software, and lithography equipment provider for the semiconductor industry and other advanced markets.