HILLSBORO, Ore., Nov. 3, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- FEI Company (Nasdaq:FEIC) announced that Phenom-World, a majority-owned subsidiary of NTS Group B.V. (NTS) of Eindhoven, The Netherlands, has acquired FEI’s Phenom(TM) product line. NTS has been FEI’s manufacturing partner and was closely involved with the development of the innovative desktop scanning electron microscope before it was introduced in 2007. NTS will continue to manufacture the product, and Phenom-World will assume responsibility for marketing, sales and distribution of the product worldwide, as well as service and warranty repairs for the installed base.