FEI Company Names Sales and Service Line-Up

HILLSBORO, Ore. (PROTEXT) - FEI Company (Nasdaq: FEIC) today announced the appointment of James P. Fraine as Vice President- Sales and Service effective October 1, 1999. Mr. Fraine will assume responsibility for the Company's North American Sales and Service operations. Until joining FEI, Mr. Fraine served as Vice President Sales of Integrated Measurement Systems, Inc., a position he held since 1994. Mr. Fraine was the National Sales Manager at Teradyne, Inc., an ATE company, from 1989 to 1994 and Account Manager for GenRad, Inc. from 1976 to 1986. FEI Company President and Chief Executive Officer Vahe' Sarkissian commented on the appointment, "Jim brings a breadth of knowledge of the semiconductor capital equipment market and will help us continue to drive all our products in the semiconductor and data storage markets." The Company also announced that John A. Doherty will assume the position of Vice President-Sales and Service, Asia Pacific Region. Since 1997 Mr. Doherty has been Senior Vice President, Marketing, at Micrion Corporation, a company he helped found, in 1983. From 1983 to January 1997 Mr. Doherty was Vice President, Marketing of Micrion. FEI Company recently merged with Micrion Corporation. Mr. Sarkissian stated, "Jack's skills in marketing to the Asia Pacific Region is part of the value the Micrion merger brings to FEI." Dr. Bernd Volbert will continue in his role as Vice President Sales and Service for Europe. Mr. Sarkissian stated, "Our strong position in Europe is enabling FEI to expand our business in the microelectronic sector." FEI Company is a leading supplier of charged particle beam systems, including FIB systems, scanning electron microscopes, transmission electron microscopes and components for submicron- level imaging, analysis, modification and fabrication. FEI has approximately 1,400 employees worldwide, with manufacturing operations located in Hillsboro, Oregon; Peabody, Massachusetts, Eindhoven, The Netherlands; and Brno, Czech Republic. ots Original Text Service: FEI Company Internet: http://www.newsaktuell.de Contact: Vahe A. Sarkissian, President and Chief Executive Officer of FEI Company, 503-726-2770 Web site: http://www.feic.com Subscribers please note that material bearing the slug "PROTEXT" is not part of CTK's news service and is not to be published under the "CTK" slug. Protext is a commercial service providing distribution of press releases from clients, who are identified in the text of Protext reports and who bear full responsibility for their contents. PROTEXT