The world has changed dramatically, and Nikon recognizes that technology must do more to serve society and our planet. Our semiconductor lithography and inspection systems bring together the winning combination of over a century of Nikon innovation and the most dedicated employees in the world to deliver the right solutions for our customers.

Founded in 1985, Restek is a leading developer and manufacturer of chromatography columns, sample preparation products, reference standards, and instrument accessories. We work with analysts around the world, providing them with tools to monitor the quality of air, water, soil, foods, botanicals, pharmaceuticals, and petrochemical products. GC Columns: General-purpose and specialty stationary phases on highly inert Rxi fused silica or unbreakable MXT stainless steel; WCOT or PLOT columns, packed or micropacked columns, and more. LC Columns: Force, Raptor, Roc, and other silica supports for HPLC and UHPLC analytical and prep columns. GC and LC Accessories: Tools, maintenance supplies, and instrument replacement parts that meet or exceed original equipment manufacturers’ performance: lab-proven and available for any instrument. Reference Standards: Over 1500 stock formulations; both stock and custom certified reference materials (CRMs) are manufactured and QC-tested in ISO-accredited labs. Air Sampling: Canisters featuring RAVE+ valves, gas calibration standards, gas sampling bags, personal air samplers, thermal desorption (TD) tubes, and more; Siltek and Sulfinert treatments for unsurpassed inertness. Sample Preparation: Resprep solid phase extraction (SPE) and protein precipitation (PPT), Revive in-line sample preparation (ILSP), Q-sep QuEChERS, solid phase microextraction (SPME), ASE extraction, sample filtration, vials, syringes, and more. Restek is an independent, 100% employee-owned company with a strong corporate culture. We are committed to providing exceptional “Plus 1” customer service that exceeds your expectations. Our customers’ work makes the world a safer and healthier place, and we are excited to help you make a difference. Contact your local Restek representative today at www.restek.com/contact-us

Founded in 1995, Meso Scale Discovery (MSD) is a global leader in the development, manufacture, and commercialization of innovative assays and instruments for the measurement of molecules in biological samples. MSD’s proprietary MULTI ARRAY technology enhances medical research and drug development by enabling researchers to profile many biomarkers simultaneously in a single sample without compromising assay performance. MSD’s technology has been widely adopted by researchers in pharmaceutical companies, government institutions, universities, and clinical laboratories worldwide for its high sensitivity, excellent reproducibility, and wide dynamic range. Throughout its history, MSD has continued to evolve its technology platform to enable researchers to solve complex biological questions and, as the Company looks toward the future, it is expanding into clinical applications and the emerging fields of personalized medicine and companion diagnostics.

Airbus US Space & Defense is a trusted U.S. government partner for industry leading satellite, geospatial intelligence and cyber capabilities, secure communications, space exploration missions, military helicopters, unmanned aerial systems, and fixed wing aircraft. Our portfolio of state of the art technologies, research and development, and subject matter expertise provide the U.S. Department of Defense, National Security Agencies, and Space focused partners the best solutions for their critical missions.

SK hynix memory solutions America Inc. (SKHMS America) was formed in August 2012 as a result of the acquisition of Link_A_Media Devices Corporation (LAMD) by SK hynix. **About SK hynix** SK hynix will present a valuable future to stakeholders, including customers, partners, investors, communities, members, and so on through Global Tech Leadership, thereby enriching and further developing the global ICT industry. We are also sharing our expertise and experience in the semiconductor field gained from the establishment of our “We Do Tech Center” along with investments in technical cooperation for our partners, thereby striving to boost the semiconductor ecosystem. **About SKHMS America** The integration of the controller solution know-how of SKHMS combined with the Advanced Non-volatile memories, DRAM technologies and the manufacturing capabilities of SK hynix produces leading-edge products across multiple market segments. Full vertical integration of controller hardware, advanced flash memory systems architecture, firmware, DRAM, NAND and other forms of non-volatile memory coupled with high volume memory manufacturing capability is quite rare in the industry. This allows our customers to have a one-stop storage solution provider with the capacity, support and expertise the industry demands. The combined focus of SK hynix and SKHMS provides excellent opportunity to become a market leader in Enterprise, Client and Mobile storage. Some notable company achievements: -SK hynix 1st with LDPC error correction solution -Delivered high performing competitive PCIe/SATA Controller for enterprise/client SSD with 2D/3D/4D NAND - SATA – SE3010/SE4011 - PCIe – PE4010/PE6000 series/PE8000 series -Developed highest performance eMMC Controller and delivered highest performance MPHY IP for UFS Controller for smartphones and tablets

Founded in 1972, MagTek is a leading manufacturer of electronic systems for the reliable issuance, reading, transmission, and security of cards, barcodes, checks, PINs, and identification documents. Leading with innovation and engineering excellence, MagTek is known for quality and dependability. Our hardware products include secure card reader/authenticators, Qwantum secure cards, token generators; EMV Contact Chip, EMV Contactless, barcode and NFC reading devices; encrypting check scanners, PIN pads, and credential personalization systems. These products all connect to Magensa, a MagTek owned gateway that offers businesses the ability to securely process transactions using authentication, encryption, tokenization, and non-static data. MagTek is headquartered in Seal Beach, CA, please visit www.magtek.com to learn more.

Quantum Design is a privately held corporation that develops and markets automated temperature and magnetic field testing platforms for materials characterization. These systems offer a variety of measurement capabilities and are in widespread use in the fields of physics, chemistry, biotechnology, materials science and nanotechnology. A broad product line allows Quantum Design to address the scientific and operational requirements of researchers around the world. Benefiting from its depth in instrument design and manufacturing, Quantum Design (QD) has become the leading commercial source for automated materials characterization systems incorporating superconducting technology. These instruments may be found in the world’s leading research institutions, and have become the reference standard for a variety of magnetic and physical property measurements. QD instruments are cited in, and provide the data for, more scientific publications than any other instrument in the fields of magnetics and materials characterization. This means that each year, literally hundreds of scientific publications, advancing the science of materials use data generated from QD instruments. In diverse areas such as materials characterization, high-sensitivity electrical measurements, and defense-related magnetic anomaly detection, Quantum Design’s team of scientists and engineers provides a full spectrum of service and application support for customers both domestically and internationally.

Gables Engineering, trusted OEM providing quality solutions in avionics controls since 1946. Gables possesses complete in-house design and manufacturing capabilities allowing us to offer custom controls from concept to completion. Our products are in used worldwide by the air transport and business aircraft industry. We manufacture communications, navigation, surveillance, audio, speakers and miscellaneous cockpit avionic controls. Our latest offerings include touch-screen controls in support of CPDLC messaging and satellite communications.

ConRes is a private, Women-Owned IT solutions provider that helps organizations overcome challenges in five key areas: cloud, data center, digital infrastructure, cybersecurity and collaboration. By partnering with best-in-breed manufacturers, we bridge the gap between the manufacturer and the customer, making it easier for organizations to design, procure, implement and support IT solutions. Backed by over 55 plus years of growth and profitability, our approach is simple: We have great people who are highly skilled at what they do, who are nimble and flexible to changing needs and who find ways of helping customers structure IT in the way that works best for their businesses.

The opportunities of tomorrow’s technology, today for you to grab. We help mid-size organizations optimize and innovate their business. We reinforce your team with the flexible help of our IT Consultants. We improve your IT environment when you outsource it to us, through our Managed Services. And we help you become data-driven thanks to our Digital Business solutions. Welcome at Valid. Stay Ahead.

Semiconductors are essential to all IT products, and its performance often determines the performance of the final products. SK hynix is a global leader in producing semiconductor, such as DRAM, NAND Flash and CMOS Image Sensors. With these technology driven semiconductor products, SK hynix has consistently led the industry and is now the second largest memory chip maker worldwide. IT devices become more pervasive as new imaginative and innovative IT products continue to grab imagination and desires of consumers. SK hynix has enhanced its competency with the best level of technology and a wide range of business portfolios in order to satisfy all those demand from customers. As a member of SK Group*, SK hynix is aiming at becoming the world’s best semiconductor company. SK hynix America Inc. operates as a subsidiary of SK Hynix Inc. *SK Group is one of South Korea's top five industrial conglomerates. It has about 40 affiliated companies, ranging from energy, telecommunications, finance, to construction.

TCOM, LP is a global leader of Intelligence, Surveillance & Reconnaissance (ISR) solutions of Lighter-than-Air Persistent Surveillance Tethered Aerostat platforms for Air, Maritime, and Land. For over 40 years, the company’s pioneering innovations have defined the persistent surveillance and Lighter-than-Air industries. By blending leading-edge technology, manufacturing, and field operation capabilities, TCOM has provided ISR systems for United States, and foreign governments with complete persistent surveillance capabilities. Our systems are in use around the globe including theaters of combat in Iraq and Afghanistan. TCOM’s delivered systems include fixed-site deployments, fully transportable systems and specialized sea-based deployments. TCOM’s headquarters is based in Columbia, MD and the Manufacturing & Flight Test Facility is located near Elizabeth City, NC. TCOM is the only company in the world devoted to cost-effective LTA surveillance solutions with in-house aerostat and airship manufacture, assembly, flight test, and training capabilities. Learn more at http://www.tcomlp.com