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ANDOVER, Mass., July 27, 2017 -- MKS Instruments, Inc. (NASDAQ:MKSI), a global provider of technologies that enable advanced processes and improve productivity, announced today that company management will be participating in the following upcoming investor events:
| Needham Advanced Industrial Technology Conference | |
| Needham Headquarters, New York, New York | |
| Participating on: Thursday, August 3, 2017 | |
| MKS participants: | Seth Bagshaw, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |
| Pacific Crest 19th Annual Global Technology Leadership Forum | |
| Sonnenalp Resort, Vail, Colorado | |
| Presentation Date & Time: Monday, August 7, 2017 at 4:30 p.m. MDT (6:30 p.m. EDT) | |
| MKS participants: | Gerald Colella, Chief Executive Officer and President |
| Seth Bagshaw, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | |
| DA Davidson 9th Annual Technology Forum | |
| The Roosevelt Hotel, New York, New York | |
| Participating on: Tuesday, August 15, 2017 | |
| MKS participant: | Seth Bagshaw, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |
| Jefferies Chicago Semiconductor, Hardware and Communications Infrastructure Summit | |
| The Ritz-Carlton, Chicago, Illinois | |
| Participating on: Tuesday, August 29, 2017 | |
| MKS participants: | Gerald Colella, Chief Executive Officer and President |
| Seth Bagshaw, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | |
The presentation slides utilized for these events and webcast, if applicable, will be made available for a limited time in the Investor Relations section of the company's website at www.mksinst.com.
About MKS Instruments
MKS Instruments, Inc. is a global provider of instruments, subsystems and process control solutions that measure, control, power, monitor, and analyze critical parameters of advanced manufacturing processes to improve process performance and productivity. Our products are derived from our core competencies in pressure measurement and control, flow measurement and control, gas and vapor delivery, gas composition analysis, residual gas analysis, leak detection, control technology, ozone generation and delivery, RF & DC power, reactive gas generation, vacuum technology, lasers, photonics, sub-micron positioning, vibration isolation, and optics. Our primary served markets include semiconductor capital equipment, general industrial, life sciences, and research. Additional information can be found at www.mksinst.com.
Company Contact: Seth Bagshaw Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Telephone: 978.645.5578 Investor Relations Contacts: Monica Gould The Blueshirt Group Telephone: 212.871.3927 Email: [email protected] Lindsay Grant Savarese The Blueshirt Group Telephone: 212.331.8417 Email: [email protected]
