1.   He incorporates oddities like lace patterns, taken from etched magnesium plates used in making plastic lace tablecloths.

2.   He also described his new acquisitions, including a company called MiTek that makes steel plates used in roofing trusses, and XTRA, which leases truck trailers.

3.   Other machines label plates used in experiments, seal them or wash them.

4.   Photronics makes photomasks, or quartz plates used to transfer patterns during the manufacture of integrated circuits.

5.   Photronics makes photomasks, which are high-precision quartz plates used in the manufacturing of semiconductor computer wafers.

6.   The two companies make photomasks, which are quartz plates used in semiconductor manufacturing.