Company: Electro Scientific Industries, Inc. (ESI)
Based: Portland, OR.
Founded: 1944
Founder: Douglas C. Strain
Specialty: Produces Micro-engineering, Laser & Photonic Equipment for the Semiconductor, Electronic Interconnect, Passive component manufacturing Industry. Oldest high-tech company in Oregon.
Based: Portland, OR.
Founded: 1944
Founder: Douglas C. Strain
Specialty: Produces Micro-engineering, Laser & Photonic Equipment for the Semiconductor, Electronic Interconnect, Passive component manufacturing Industry. Oldest high-tech company in Oregon.
ESI Micro-Engineering Electronic Components Paperweight (late 1990s)
Item #030
Electro Scientific Industries, Inc. (ESI) designs and builds advanced production equipment used worldwide in the electronics & Semiconductor manufacturing industries.
ESI was one of the first electronics manufacturing companies in Oregon's Silicon Forest area around Portland.
This Lucite Dome-Shaped Paperweight contains numerous manufacturing and finished components from ESI.
Items embedded inside include examples of BGA & DIP Integrated Circuit packages, individual chip die and micro machining bits.