When you hear Nikon, do you think about camera? It’s not a surprise! As a developer and manufacturer of optical instruments Nikon is a worldwide synonym of high quality and reliability. But do you know that the same company founded Nikon Precision Europe (NPE) and is linked to high-tech semiconductor manufacturing? In 1980 Nikon introduced the world’s first stepper/scanner, recognized as the most precise machine ever made – a step-and-repeat as well as a step-and-scan lithography system. Today this tool is driving the global manufacturing of semiconductors and liquid crystal displays. When you go deeply into Nikon Precision you will see more than 220 bright and flexible people maintaining globally the largest installed base of scanners/steppers in the world.