FEI Company Announces Dates For Earnings Release And Investor Conference Presentations

HILLSBORO, Ore., Jan. 10, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- FEI Company (Nasdaq:FEIC) announced that it will release its financial results for the fourth quarter of 2010 after the financial markets close on Thursday, February 3, 2011. FEI's fourth quarter ended on December 31, 2010.

A conference call and simultaneous webcast to discuss the fourth quarter results will be held on Thursday, February 3 at 2:00 p.m. PST (5:00 p.m. EST). Access to the call will be available at 1-800-762-8779 (U.S., toll-free) or 1-480-629-9771 (international and toll), with the conference title: FEI Fourth Quarter Earnings Call, Conference ID 4400158. A telephone replay of the call will be available at 1-800-406-7325 (U.S., toll-free) or 1-303-590-3030 (international and toll) with the passcode: 4400158#. 

The company also announced that its management will make presentations at two investor conferences in the next month. Don Kania, president & CEO, will speak at the Needham & Company Growth Conference at 10:40 a.m. EST on Thursday, January 13, 2011 at the New York Palace Hotel. In addition, Ray Link, EVP & CFO, will speak at the Stifel Nicolaus Technology, Communications and Internet Conference 2011 at 9:45 a.m. PST on Thursday, February 10, 2011 at The Fairmont Hotel in San Francisco.

Live and recorded audio webcasts of the earnings conference call and the investor conference presentations will be available at the investor relations section of the company's web site at www.fei.com .

About FEI:

FEI (Nasdaq:FEIC) is a leading diversified scientific instruments company. It is a premier provider of electron and ion-beam microscopes and tools for nanoscale applications globally and across many industries: industrial and academic materials research, life sciences, semiconductors, data storage, natural resources and more. With a history of over 60 years of technological innovation and leadership, FEI has set the performance standard in transmission electron microscopes (TEM), scanning electron microscopes (SEM) and DualBeams™, which combine a SEM with a focused ion beam (FIB). FEI's imaging systems provide 3D characterization, analysis and modification/prototyping with resolutions down to the sub-Angstrom (one-tenth of a nanometer) level. FEI has approximately 1,800 employees and sales and service operations in more than 50 countries around the world. More information can be found at: www.fei.com.

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