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Abstract:
FEI Company (Nasdaq:FEIC) announced today that Benjamin Loh Gek Lim has been named executive
vice president, worldwide sales and service. Mr. Loh, 43, has most recently
has been executive vice president of global field operations of Veeco
Instruments Inc. (Nasdaq: VECO). Before that he was senior vice president
of Veeco's Asia Pacific Operations. Prior to joining Veeco, Mr. Loh was
with Unaxis Corporation (now OC Oerlikon AG) from April 1996 to October
2005, most recently as senior vice president of Asia and president of
Unaxis Shanghai. Mr. Loh is also a director of Schweiter Technologies AG.
He is a graduate of Singapore Polytechnic and Tohoku University and is
fluent in English, Japanese, and Chinese. He will be based in Singapore.

Benjamin Loh Named Executive Vice President, Worldwide Sales and Service for FEI Company

HILLSBORO, OR | Posted on May 21st, 2007

Don Kania, FEI's president and CEO commented, "One of our key
strategies is to increase our presence in Asian markets, and Benjamin's
experience in the region will be a vital element in achieving that goal. At
the same time, his global perspective and experience in research,
industrial, life sciences and electronics equipment markets will help us to
continue our solid worldwide growth in bookings."

Bob Gregg, Executive Vice President of Global Strategic Relations, will
continue to manage sales and service until Mr. Loh starts at FEI in the
second half of 2007.

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About FEI Company
FEI is a global leader in providing innovative instruments for
nanoscale imaging, analysis and prototyping. FEI focuses on delivering
solutions that provide groundbreaking results and accelerate research,
development and manufacturing cycles for its customers in Semiconductor and
Data Storage, Academic and Industrial R&D, and Life Sciences markets. With
R&D centers in North America and Europe, and sales and service operations
in more than 50 countries around the world, FEI's Tools for Nanotech(TM)
are bringing the nanoscale within the grasp of leading researchers and
manufacturers. More information can be found online at: http://www.fei.com .

Safe Harbor Statement

This news release contains forward-looking statements that include
statements about the outlook for FEI's orders from customers and objectives
in Asia. Factors that could affect these forward-looking statements include
but are not limited to economic conditions globally and in Asia,
cyclicality of certain of the company's markets and the successful
integration of new management into FEI. Please also refer to our Form 10-K,
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that could cause actual results to differ materially from the
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statements.