Gideon Argov Quotations

Our sales growth in the first quarter was driven by strong order momentum across our product lines.

With the divestiture program behind us, we are working to capitalize on growth opportunities. In doing so, we will leverage our core materials integrity management products and technologies to solve the industry's most challenging contamination control issues and help improve our customers' yields.

The business and industry environment during the quarter was generally favorable. Our sales results reflected stable trends across our product lines and a modest ramp in demand for fluid handling equipment through the quarter and into December.

We expect increased demand in Japan and the Asia-Pacific region for our products and services in the near future.