type public traded as nasdaq nvmi tase nvmi industry diversified machinery founded may 1993 1993 05 founder giora dishon moshe finarov headquarters rehovot israel key people gabi seligsohn president & ceo services semiconductor equipment revenue us 148.54 million 2015 operating income us 11.58 million 2015 net income us 15.75 million 2015 number of employees 496 website www.nova.co.il footnotes references 1 nova measuring instruments is a publicly traded company headquartered in israel that designs develops and produces monitoring and measurement systems for the semiconductor manufacturing industry . shares of the company are traded on the nasdaq global market and on the tel aviv stock exchange . contents 1 history 2 see also 3 references 4 external links history edit nova measuring instruments was founded in may 1993 by giora dishon and moshe finarov . 2 3 dishon graduated from the hebrew university of jerusalem with a ph.d in materials science . 4 5 finarov earned a ph.d in semiconductor physics from the technical university in moscow . 6 intel corporation became a client of and investor in nova in 1997 . 7 8 in 1999 nova announced the establishment of a subsidiary in japan nova measuring instruments k.k. and that it was opening offices in singapore in order to expand its presence in the asia pacific market . 9 nova executed its initial public offering on the nasdaq exchange in april 2000 . 10 in 2006 nova acquired hypernex inc. a pennsylvania based developer of microstructure analysis tools . 11 see also edit metrology semiconductor device fabrication ta bluetech index list of israeli companies quoted on the nasdaq references edit nvmi income statement . yahoo finance . 2011 . retrieved 5 october 2011 . nova measuring instruments ltd nvmi.o company profile . reuters . retrieved 7 october 2011 . nova measuring instruments ltd. nova incorporated in may 1993 is a designer developer and producer of integrated process control metrology systems . offer danon ariel karmeli september 2008 . becoming a trusted supplier to fabs and foundries pdf . israel venture capital & private equity . 8 3 11 . retrieved 5 october 2011 . the company was established in 1993 by giora dishon and moshe finarov formerly of orbotech to develop an advanced concept of integrating metrology and inspection tasks into the semiconductor process line . giora dishon executive profile & biography . bloomberg businessweek . retrieved 5 october 2011 . pinkas gitit 18 march 2011 . giora dishon ceo of nova we avoided layoffs by cutbacks that employees accepted understandingly . themarker in hebrew . retrieved 5 october 2011 . . finarov moshe june 1999 . specifying and evaluating thin film metrology tools . solid state technology . 42 6 111 . retrieved 5 october 2011 . moshe finarov received his phd in semiconductor physics from the technical university in moscow . intel acquires 8 % of nova measuring instruments for 3 mln . globes . retrieved 5 october 2011 . intel has invested 3 million in israeli company nova measuring instruments in exchange for 7.9 % of its share capital . feldman batya 11 november 2010 . instead of a new nova i m helping renewable energy companies . globes in hebrew . retrieved 5 october 2011 . 1997 . nova opens subsidiary offices in tokyo and singapore . findarticles . rehovoth . business wire . 9 november 1999 . retrieved 5 october 2011 . nova measuring instruments . teuza . retrieved 7 october 2011 . in april 2000 nova measuring instruments ltd. in which teuza s original investment was 900 000 issued its shares on the usa nasdaq stock exchange at a post money valuation of 285m . hypernex inc. private company information . bloomberg businessweek . retrieved 5 october 2011 . as of august 9 2006 hypernex inc. operates as a subsidiary of nova measuring instruments ltd. external links edit nova measuring instruments website v t e israeli companies traded on nasdaq healthcare alcobra biolinerx biondvax pharmaceutical compugen 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