Opening of Pfeiffer Vacuum’s first Service Center in Malaysia

Built to support semiconductor and coating customers

11-Aug-2017 - Pfeiffer Vacuum has opened a new service center in Malaysia. The more than 6,000 square foot building will house administration, sales, and service departments. The main activities will be the repair of the dry backing pump range. Other products will follow in the coming months. The service ...

Atlas Copco has completed the acquisition of Leybold Vacuum

02-Sep-2016 - Effective as of September 1, 2016, Atlas Copco AB owns the former Oerlikon Leybold Vacuum GmbH, renamed Leybold GmbH. Founded in 1873, Atlas Copco is a global player with more than 43,000 employees in over 180 countries. Leybold becomes part of the Vacuum Solutions Division, belonging to the ...

Atlas Copco to acquire Oerlikon Leybold Vacuum

Transaction expected to close by middle of the year 2016

23-Nov-2015 - Oerlikon announced that it has signed an agreement to sell its Leybold Vacuum business to Atlas Copco. The transaction is based on an enterprise value of CHF525million and is expected to close by middle of the year 2016. Oerlikon advances its strategic agenda and continues to focus on ...

CIS becomes a major focus

Oerlikon Leybold Vacuum signs agreements with Vacuummash

27-Nov-2013 - Oerlikon Leybold Vacuum signed a contract with a distributor for the Commonwealth of Independent States CIS region. This contract will be the basis for a strategic partnership with Vacuummash, the leading vacuum pump and –systems suppliers in Russia and will facilitate the access to the CIS ...

Growth for Vacuum Pumps is in High-Tech Applications, According to Frost & Sullivan

The European market will expand from €405.2 million in 2010 to €750.1 million in 2017

08-Sep-2011 - The European vacuum pumps market is anticipated to witness growth, fuelled by high-tech applications for vacuum technologies and the rising awareness of the benefits of using vacuum systems.New analysis from Frost & Sullivan, Strategic Analysis of the European Vacuum Pumps Market, finds that the ...

Gardner Denver, Inc. Acquires ILMVAC GmbH

09-Jul-2010 - Gardner Denver, Inc. announced that it has acquired ILMVAC GmbH, located in Ilmenau, Germany. ILMVAC, a leading European provider of vacuum pumps, systems and accessories for research and development laboratories and industrial applications, generated sales of EUR 9.4 million, or approximately ...

The Linde Group sells Pharmaceutical Systems business of BOC Edwards to Italian company IMA

27-Nov-2007 - The Linde Groupannounced that it has sold the BOC Edwards Pharmaceutical Systems business to the Italian company IMA (Industria Macchine Automatiche) at an enterprise value of EUR 36 million. The contract was signed and will come into effect on the fulfilment of the usual closing ...

The Linde Group concludes the sale of non-BOC gases activities in the UK and component business of BOC Edwards

04-Jun-2007 - The Linde Group has concluded the sale of Linde's non-BOC gases activities in the UK ("Linde Gas UK") to the worldwide industrial and medical gases company Air Liquide at an enterprise value of 105 million euro. Following the receipt of unconditional approval from the European Commission, the ...

BOC plays major role in China industrial development

12-Feb-2004 - BOC is now the primary industrial gases supplier for two of China's major industrial parks. BOC has won more than 90 percent of the gases business in both the China-Singapore Suzhou Industrial Park (SIP) and the Suzhou New District (SND). Both parks are located in Jiangsu province and have ...

BOC Edwards Opens New Vacuum Pump Test Lab

23-Jan-2004 - BOC Edwards announced the opening of a new vacuum equipment laboratory at its Clevedon, North Somerset (UK) site. Vacuum technologists at BOC Edwards can now test new pump designs under realistic semiconductor process conditions, taking advantage of the unique breadth of technologies within the ...