International Business Machines Corp. is an information technology company, which engages in the provision of integrated solutions that leverage information technology and knowledge of business processes. It operates through the following segments: Software, Consulting, Infrastructure, Financing, and Other. The Software segment combines hybrid cloud platform and software solutions to help clients become more data-driven, and to automate, secure, and modernize their environments. The Consulting segment focuses on integrating skills on strategy, experience, technology and operations by domain and industry. The Infrastructure segment offers solutions for hybrid cloud, and is the foundation of the hybrid cloud stack. Infrastructure is optimized for infusing AI into mission-critical transactions and tightly integrated with IBM Software including Red Hat for accelerated hybrid cloud benefits. The Financing segment refers to the client and commercial financing, facilitating IBM clients’ acquisition of IT systems, software, and services. The company was founded by Charles Ranlett Flint and Thomas J. Watson Sr. on June 16, 1911 and is headquartered in Armonk, NY.

The University of California is the nation's best public university system, delivering top-notch research and innovation to California (and the world).

Micro Star Technologies is an electronic manufacturing company. Their products includes nano indenter holders, spherical, rounded cone indenters, nano indenter photographs, boat styles, build a diamond knife quotatiom, exchange and resharpening services, and diamond knife manual.

TNO is an independent research organization with approximately 3,000 employees. They believe in joint creation of value in social and economic terms. They focus on transitions or changes in five social themes: Industry, Healthy Living, Defense & Safety, Environment and Energy. Targeted innovation, which is what TNO stands. They develop knowledge not about knowledge, but about practical application.

Asylum Research is an established US company based in Santa Barbara, California, with subsidiaries in the UK, Germany and Taiwan. Its SPM technology is used to image and characterise the properties of surfaces and structures down to the atomic scale providing invaluable information to enable development and exploitation at the nanoscale. Its products are used by academic and industrial customers across the world for a wide range of materials and bioscience applications. The combination of Oxford Instruments and Asylum Research strengthens the Group's Nanotechnology Tools sector. SPM is a fundamental nanotechnology measurement technique and complements the existing portfolio of products and technologies within the Group.

Seiko Instruments, Inc. manufactures electronic components and communications equipment. Its products include thermal printers, plotters, factory automation robotics, grinding technology systems, and LCD components for mobile phones, optical fiber connectors, and ion beam systems used in precision fabrication. It has offices in Korea, China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore, Belgium, France, Sweden, and the US. The company was founded in 1937 and is headquartered in Chiba-shi, Japan.

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FUJIFILM Corp. engages in the provision of imaging and information solutions. Its offers photography equipment, supplies and services, optical devices, healthcare, high-performance materials, graphic systems, recording media, and industrial products. The company was founded on October 2, 2006 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

SII NanoTecnology, Inc. manufactures & markets analysis and measurement instruments. The company offers services to the manufacturing industries in processes including development, production and inspection. It was founded on March 1, 2000 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan

POSCO Holdings Inc. engages in the production of steel products. It operates through the following divisions: Steel, Engineering & Construction and Trading. The Steel division produces cold rolled, hot rolled and stainless steel products, plates, wire rods and silicon steel sheets. The Engineering & Construction division engages in the planning, designing and construction of industrial plants, civil engineering projects, commercial and residential buildings. The Trading division exports and imports steel products and raw materials. The company was founded by Tae-Joon Park on April 1, 1968 and is headquartered in Seoul, South Korea.

Toray Industries, Inc. (東レ株式会社 Tōre Kabushiki-gaisha) is a multinational corporation headquartered in Japan that specializes in industrial products centered on technologies in organic synthetic chemistry, polymer chemistry, and biochemistry.

Shenyang Institute of Automation (Chinese: 沈阳自动化研究所) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) was founded in 1958. It is mainly engaged in mechatronic engineering, pattern recognition and intelligent system, control theory and control engineering, computer applied technology.

CEA is a French government-funded technological research organisation. A prominent player in the European Research Area, it is involved in setting up collaborative projects with many partners around the world. The CEA is the French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives). It is a public body established in October 1945 by General de Gaulle. A leader in research, development and innovation, the CEA mission statement has two main objectives: To become the leading technological research organization in Europe and to ensure that the nuclear deterrent remains effective in the future. The CEA is active in four main areas: low-carbon energies, defense and security, information technologies and health technologies. In each of these fields, the CEA maintains a cross-disciplinary culture of engineers and researchers, building on the synergies between fundamental and technological research. The total CEA workforce consisted of 15 838 employees. Across the whole of the CEA (including both civilian and military research), there were 1556 PhD students and 293 post-docs. The CEA is based in ten research centers in France, each specializing in specific fields. The laboratories are located in the Paris region, the Rhône-Alpes, the Rhône valley, the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region, Aquitaine, Central France and Burgundy. The CEA benefits from the strong regional identities of these laboratories and the partnerships forged with other research centers, local authorities and universities.

CartiHeal, a privately held medical device company headquartered in Israel, is a pioneer in the field of cartilage regeneration. Cartilage injuries affect millions of patients around the world, and characteristically cause severe pain and disability. Hyaline cartilage has a very limited ability to heal once damaged. Research indicates that injuries to joint cartilage, if left untreated, may lead to progressive joint changes and early onset of osteoarthritis. The need for a simple, well-tolerated and effective solution for cartilage repair and regeneration represents one of medicine’s most challenging unmet needs. CartiHeal's flagship Agili-C™ implant represents a significant medical breakthrough. This implant has shown to promote regeneration of true hyaline cartilage and its subchondral bone, simultaneously without the use of cells, growth factors or other exogenous agents. The cell-free implant is inserted arthroscopically or via a minimally-invasive approach.

Oxford Instruments plc, through its subsidiaries, engages in the research, development, manufacture, and sale of high technology instruments. The company operates in two segments, Analytical and Superconductivity. The Analytical segment provides measurement and fabrication instruments for industrial and commercial customers. Its industrial analysis business produces tools that primarily include hand held x-ray fluorescence analyzers for a range of applications, such as quality control, environmental monitoring, and positive material identification for the industrial customers. This segment's x-ray technology business produces small X-ray sources for the analytical instrumentation market; nanoanalysis business offers a range of detectors for users of electron microscopes who need to understand chemical and structural properties of materials; and plasma technology business provides a range of products for the manufacture of high performance semiconductors for specialist applications. The Superconductivity segment offers materials, tools, and systems for industrial and government customers. Its nanoscience business provides superconducting magnets and cryogenic systems for the research and academic customers; superconducting wire business produces wire for MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) and other industries; and MRI service business maintains MRI scanners throughout the United States and in Japan. In addition, this segment's austin scientific business produces, refurbishes, and maintains high technology pumps and refrigerators for industrial and research customers; and molecular biotools business supplies novel magnetic resonance based analytical instrumentation to the life sciences and pharmaceutical communities. The company operates in the United Kingdom, Continental Europe, North America, Japan, and internationally.

JEOL, Ltd. (日本電子 Nihon Denshi Kabushiki-gaisha, Nihon meaning Japan and Denshi meaning electron) is a major developer and manufacturer of electron microscopes and other scientific instruments, industrial equipment and medical equipment.

Olympus Corp. engages in the manufacture and sale of precision machineries and instruments. It operates through the following segments: Medical, Scientific Solutions, Imaging, and Others. The Medical segment covers digestive, surgical, and ultrasonic endoscopy as well as endoscopic treatment tools. The Scientific Solutions segment manufactures and sells biological and industrial microscopes, industrial endoscopes, and non-destructive testing equipment. The Imaging segment deals with digital cameras and recording devices. The Others segment includes biomaterial manufacturing and sales business. The company was founded by Takeshi Yamashita on October 12, 1919 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

Keysight Technologies, Inc. engages in the provision of electronic design and test solutions that are used in the design, development, manufacture, installation, deployment, validation, optimization and secure operation of electronics systems to communications, networking and electronics industries. It operates through the following segments: Communications Solutions Group, and Electronic Industrial Solutions Group. The Communications Solutions Group segment serves customers spanning the worldwide commercial communications end market, which includes internet infrastructure, and the aerospace, defense and government end market. The Electronic Industrial Solutions Group segment offers test and measurement solutions across a broad set of electronic industrial end markets, focusing on high-growth applications in the automotive and energy industry and measurement solutions for semiconductor design and manufacturing, consumer electronics, education, and general electronics manufacturing. The company was founded by William R. Hewlett and David Packard in 1937 and is headquartered in Santa Rosa, CA.