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Trikon Technologies shareholders approved the change of Trikon's state of incorporation from California to Delaware at the company's annual meeting. Christopher D. Dobson, Nigel Wheeler, Richard M. Conn, Robert R. Anderson and Stephen N. Wertheimer were elected to the board. Trikon produces advanced capital equipment for plasma etching and chemical and physical vapor deposition for use in the production of silicon, compound semiconductors, opto-electronic and waveguide devices.