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Assets (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2020
Assets |
Schedule of portion of Veeco's assets (excluding cash balances) that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis | ​
​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
​ |  | Level 1 |  | Level 2 |  | Level 3 |  | Total
​ | ​ | (in thousands)
September 30, 2020 | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
Cash equivalents | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
Certificate of deposits and time deposits | ​ | $ | 64,646 | ​ | $ | — | ​ | $ | — | ​ | $ | 64,646
U.S. treasuries | ​ | ​ | 9,999 | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | 9,999
Government money market fund | ​ | ​ | 1,180 | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | 1,180
Government agency securities | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | 1,050 | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | 1,050
Total | ​ | $ | 75,825 | ​ | $ | 1,050 | ​ | $ | — | ​ | $ | 76,875
Short-term investments | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
U.S. treasuries | ​ | $ | 125,346 | ​ | $ | — | ​ | $ | — | ​ | $ | 125,346
Government agency securities | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | 6,000 | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | 6,000
Corporate debt | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | 14,248 | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | 14,248
Commercial paper | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | 15,991 | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | 15,991
Total | ​ | $ | 125,346 | ​ | $ | 36,239 | ​ | $ | — | ​ | $ | 161,585
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December 31, 2019 | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
Cash equivalents | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
Certificate of deposits and time deposits | ​ | $ | 67,009 | ​ | $ | — | ​ | $ | — | ​ | $ | 67,009
Commercial paper | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | 10,484 | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | 10,484
Corporate debt | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | 1,000 | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | 1,000
Total | ​ | $ | 67,009 | ​ | $ | 11,484 | ​ | $ | — | ​ | $ | 78,493
Short-term investments | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
U.S. treasuries | ​ | $ | 105,130 | ​ | $ | — | ​ | $ | — | ​ | $ | 105,130
Government agency securities | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | 1,139 | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | 1,139
Corporate debt | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | 6,002 | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | 6,002
Commercial paper | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | 2,981 | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | 2,981
Total | ​ | $ | 105,130 | ​ | $ | 10,122 | ​ | $ | — | ​ | $ | 115,252
Schedule of amortized cost and fair value of available-for-sale securities | ​
​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
​ |  | ​ | ​ |  | Gross |  | Gross |  | ​
​ | ​ | Amortized | ​ | Unrealized | ​ | Unrealized | ​ | Estimated
​ | ​ | Cost | ​ | Gains | ​ | Losses | ​ | Fair Value
​ | ​ | (in thousands)
September 30, 2020 | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
U.S. treasuries | ​ | $ | 125,333 | ​ | $ | 17 | ​ | $ | (4) | ​ | $ | 125,346
Government agency securities | ​ | ​ | 5,995 | ​ | ​ | 5 | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | 6,000
Corporate debt | ​ | ​ | 14,254 | ​ | ​ | 1 | ​ | ​ | (7) | ​ | ​ | 14,248
Commercial paper | ​ | ​ | 15,986 | ​ | ​ | 7 | ​ | ​ | (2) | ​ | ​ | 15,991
Total | ​ | $ | 161,568 | ​ | $ | 30 | ​ | $ | (13) | ​ | $ | 161,585
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December 31, 2019 | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
U.S. treasuries | ​ | $ | 105,096 | ​ | $ | 38 | ​ | $ | (4) | ​ | $ | 105,130
Government agency securities | ​ | ​ | 1,139 | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | 1,139
Corporate debt | ​ |  | 6,003 | ​ |  | — | ​ |  | (1) | ​ |  | 6,002
Commercial paper | ​ | ​ | 2,981 | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | 2,981
Total | ​ | $ | 115,219 | ​ | $ | 38 | ​ | $ | (5) | ​ | $ | 115,252
Schedule of fair value and unrealized losses of available-for-sale securities in a loss position | ​
​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
​ | ​ | September 30, 2020 | ​ | December 31, 2019
​ |  | ​ | ​ |  | Gross |  | ​ |  | Gross
​ | ​ | Estimated | ​ | Unrealized | ​ | Estimated | ​ | Unrealized
​ | ​ | Fair Value | ​ | Losses | ​ | Fair Value | ​ | Losses
​ | ​ | ​ | (in thousands)
U.S. treasuries | ​ | $ | 40,111 | ​ | $ | (4) | ​ | $ | 22,943 | ​ | $ | (4)
Corporate debt | ​ |  | 10,195 | ​ |  | (7) | ​ |  | 6,002 | ​ |  | (1)
Commercial paper | ​ | ​ | 5,995 | ​ | ​ | (2) | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | —
Total | ​ | $ | 56,301 | ​ | $ | (13) | ​ | $ | 28,945 | ​ | $ | (5)
Schedule of inventories | ​
​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
​ | ​ | September 30, | ​ | December 31,
​ |  | 2020 |  | 2019
​ | ​ | (in thousands)
Materials | ​ | $ | 81,842 | ​ | $ | 82,155
Work-in-process | ​ |  | 56,137 | ​ |  | 42,575
Finished goods | ​ |  | 5,490 | ​ |  | 8,337
Total | ​ | $ | 143,469 | ​ | $ | 133,067
Schedule of classes of assets classified as held for sale | ​
​ | ​ | ​ | ​
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Net assets sold: |  | (in thousands)
Inventories | ​ | $ | 6,311
Property, plant, and equipment, net | ​ | ​ | 372
Intangible assets, net | ​ | ​ | 6,546
Goodwill | ​ | ​ | 2,359
Deferred revenue | ​ | ​ | (59)
Total net assets sold | ​ | $ | 15,529
Net proceeds after costs to sell | ​ | ​ | (11,228)
Total loss on sale of disposal group | ​ | $ | 4,301
Schedule of property, plant, and equipment | ​
​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
​ | ​ | September 30, | ​ | December 31,
​ |  | 2020 |  | 2019
​ | ​ | (in thousands)
Land | ​ | $ | 5,061 | ​ | $ | 5,061
Building and improvements | ​ |  | 62,796 | ​ |  | 61,884
Machinery and equipment (1) | ​ |  | 137,587 | ​ |  | 137,692
Leasehold improvements | ​ |  | 6,795 | ​ |  | 6,703
Gross property, plant, and equipment | ​ |  | 212,239 | ​ |  | 211,340
Less: accumulated depreciation and amortization | ​ |  | 146,428 | ​ |  | 135,629
Net property, plant, and equipment | ​ | $ | 65,811 | ​ | $ | 75,711
(1) | Machinery and equipment also includes software, furniture and fixtures
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Schedule of intangible assets excluding goodwill | ​
​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
​ | ​ | September 30, 2020 | ​ | December 31, 2019
​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | Accumulated | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | Accumulated | ​ | ​ | ​
​ |  | Gross |  | Amortization |  | ​ |  | Gross |  | Amortization |  | ​
​ | ​ | Carrying | ​ | and | ​ | Net | ​ | Carrying | ​ | and | ​ | Net
​ | ​ | Amount | ​ | Impairment | ​ | Amount | ​ | Amount | ​ | Impairment | ​ | Amount
​ | ​ | (in thousands)
Technology | ​ | $ | 327,908 | ​ | $ | 299,710 | ​ | $ | 28,198 | ​ | $ | 327,908 | ​ | $ | 291,766 | ​ | $ | 36,142
Customer relationships | ​ | ​ | 146,465 | ​ | ​ | 129,290 | ​ | ​ | 17,175 | ​ | ​ | 146,465 | ​ | ​ | 126,764 | ​ | ​ | 19,701
Trademarks and tradenames | ​ | ​ | 30,910 | ​ | ​ | 26,274 | ​ | ​ | 4,636 | ​ | ​ | 30,910 | ​ | ​ | 25,256 | ​ | ​ | 5,654
Other | ​ |  | 3,686 | ​ |  | 3,679 | ​ |  | 7 | ​ |  | 3,686 | ​ |  | 3,665 | ​ |  | 21
Total | ​ | $ | 508,969 | ​ | $ | 458,953 | ​ | $ | 50,016 | ​ | $ | 508,969 | ​ | $ | 447,451 | ​ | $ | 61,518

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