improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page . learn how and when to remove these template messages this article includes a list of references related reading or external links but its sources remain unclear because it lacks inline citations . please help to improve this article by introducing more precise citations . february 2015 learn how and when to remove this template message this article needs additional citations for verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . february 2015 learn how and when to remove this template message learn how and when to remove this template message this section needs expansion . you can help by adding to it . october 2010 tescan a.s. type joint stock company industry scientific and technical instruments founded 17 july 1991 headquarters brno czech republic number of locations 3 2012 area served global products scanning electron microscope number of employees 250 2012 subsidiaries tescan brno tescan china tescan usa slogan performance in nanospace website www.tescan.com tescan a.s. is a czech republic company founded in 1991 by several r & d and service engineers from a former and now non existing company tesla brno . its headquarters is located in brno czech republic moreover brno is considered as traditional city where electron microscopy was and now still is located . tescan s line of products is mainly focused on scanning electron microscopes from a wide range of thermal emission systems lab6 systems and field emission systems to dual beam systems . contents 1 history 2 locations 3 competitors 4 references 5 external links history edit the history of tescan is closely connected with the company tesla brno and czech academy of science department institute of scientific instruments brno isi brno in brief . with cooperation of isi brno tesla brno was developing and manufacturing electron microscopes in communist era of czechoslovakia . the first very successful model was microscope tesla bs 242 which won the gold medal at expo 1958 . over 3000 of various models were produced over a period of 30 years and exported to 20 countries . the tesla split into many small companies after the velvet revolution . many of those companies still had their business in the electron microscopy field . one of these company was tescan which was established by six r & d and service engineers from the tesla . the name tescan is derived from the words tesla and scanning tescan . locations edit tescan maintains their research and development center in brno czech republic . it has got sales and service subsidiaries in china united states and the uk . it has worldwide sales and service distributors in more than 50 countries around the world . competitors edit fei company hitachi jeol inc. carl zeiss nts gmbh raith nanofabrication references edit sources http www.tescan.com history.php isi brno the museum of the department of electron optics external links edit coordinates 49 11 21 n 16 31 57 e 49.189143 n 16.532607 e 49.189143 ; 16.532607 http www.tescan.com http www.tescan.de installation of tescan sem at flamant laboratory in breda the netherlands tescan scanning electron microscopes appoint distributor in ireland and the uk retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title tescan & oldid 723529612 categories companies established in 1991multinational companies1991 establishments in czechoslovakiahidden categories articles lacking in text citations from february 2015all articles lacking in text citationsarticles needing additional references from february 2015all articles needing additional referencesuse dmy dates from october 2012articles to be expanded from october 2010all articles to be expandedarticles using small message boxescoordinates not on wikidata navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages e tina edit links this page was last modified on 3 june 2016 at 15 45 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view