DCG Systems: Hillsboro microscope maker spends $160M on company that will help it find defects

Hillsboro-based FEI is buying Fremont, California-based DCG Systems Inc. in an all-cash $160 million deal. The news was announced as part of the company's third quarter financial results. FEI, which makes high-end microscopes and other instruments for nanoscale applications in semiconductor, industrial and scientific sectors, is picking up DCG to boost its capabilities within the semiconductor market. DCG, which had sales last year of $76 million, makes failure analysis tools and other products...