Kulicke & Soffa, incorporated in 1951 and comprising 2,570  employees worldwide, provides equipment, tools and materials that are  used in the production of a wide range of semiconductor devices.   Our  customers produce the "chips"  that drive the information economy and  enable products such as computers, cellular phones and pacemakers. Primary markets for K&S products and services include Asia, the  U.S., Europe and Japan. Customers in these markets are firms that  perform contract assembly of semiconductor devices, as well as merchant  and captive manufacturers.   "