Veeco Instruments Inc. (Nasdaq: VECO) announced today that it will be presenting at two upcoming conferences:

The LED Lighting Evolution Conference: From Sapphire to Lumens, on Wednesday, June 6, 2012 in Boston, Massachusetts. The conference, hosted by IMS Research, provides global light emitting diode (LED) industry leaders throughout the supply chain an opportunity to explore cutting edge innovations that shape the future of lighting.

The LEDforum 2012, on Monday, June 11, 2012 in Guangzhou, China. The conference, organized by LEDInside and Guangzhou International Lighting Exhibition, will focus on future prospects for the LED industry, address key developments in LED manufacturing process and equipment and provide a thorough analysis on the Chinese LED industry and global LED market.

Veeco’s Jia Lee, Ph.D., Senior Director of Marketing and Business Development for MOCVD, will participate in both conferences. Mr. Lee has held a variety of marketing positions covering the solar, foundries and semiconductor capital equipment industries. His presentation, “Enabling Solid State Lighting through Advancements in MOCVD Technology”, will provide an LED market outlook with emphasis on improving manufacturers’ production processes while reducing costs significantly.

Veeco is the world’s leading MOCVD equipment provider to the LED industry. According to IMS Research, the single-reactor TurboDisc® K465i™, introduced in 2010, was the top selling MOCVD tool that year, and the TurboDisc MaxBright® Multi-Reactor GaN MOCVD System, launched in 2011, was the top seller last year. All of Veeco’s MOCVD systems provide the industry’s highest production and lowest cost of ownership and feature low maintenance TurboDisc technology, which enables highest system availability and throughput.