1.   Nikon said revenues increased because of strong sales of machines such as steppers, which imprint microscopic layers of electric circuitry onto the silicon bases of semiconductor chips.

2.   Nikon said revenues increased because of strong sales of steppers, machines that imprint the microscopic layers of electric circuitry onto the silicon bases of semiconductor chips.

3.   Steppers imprint microscopic layers of electric circuitry onto the silicon bases of semiconductor chips.

4.   Police also said they found drug paraphernalia.

5.   Some sources said repair work was being carried out on electric circuitry backstage.