Shiga toxin producing E. coli (STEC), sometimes called Verotoxin-producing Escherichia coli
In 2005 Stec also purchased SCORE Motorsports to field the #66 Ford sponsored by Peak Fitness, with Hermie Sadler and Mike Garvey running the car.
In 2009 Barry Minkow, co-founder of the Fraud Discovery Institute, published a report claiming that James Peterson, Microsemi's President and CEO, had not obtained a Bachelor's degree or Masters of Business Administration as he had listed on his biography on STEC Inc.