Tescan is one of the world's leading manufacturers of scanning electron microscopes (SEM), focused ion beam-scanning electron microscopes (FIB-SEM), scanning transmission electron microscopes (STEM), and microcomputed tomography (microCT) systems. Tescan serves customers in materials science, geosciences, life sciences and semiconductor markets. Company is located in Brno (Czech Republic), which is considered to be the cradle of electron microscopy in Europe.[1]
History
The history of electron microscope production in Czechoslovakia dates back to the 1950s when a team led by Armin Delong in Brno started to produce electron microscopes. One of the first successful microscopes was the Tesla BS 242 model, which won a gold medal at the EXPO 1958. During its 30-year existence, Tesla produced over 3,000 microscopes which were exported to over 20 countries.[2]
After the Velvet Revolution, Tesla was divided into several smaller companies. Some of them still operate in the electron microscope market.