AVT GmbH Becomes Part of the Busch Group

“In AVT GmbH we are winning a competent partner for the heat treatment equipment service business”

14-Nov-2024 - Dr.-Ing. Karl Busch GmbH, part of the global Busch Group, has acquired AVT GmbH from Kleve, Germany. AVT (Atmosphere and Vacuum Technology) offers spare parts and services for industrial furnaces used for heat treatment of workpieces. AVT offers high-quality, durable spare parts and services for ...

Pfeiffer Vacuum plans to invest €75 million in its Annecy site in France

01-Jun-2023 - Pfeiffer Vacuum Technology AG is one of the world's leading suppliers of vacuum technology. In mid-May, as part of "Choose France 2023", the summit for foreign investors in France, the company announced a seven-year, €75 million investment plan for its site in Annecy. CEO Dr. Britta Giesen had ...

Pfeiffer Vacuum Opens New Leak Detection and Vacuum Technology Facility in Indianapolis, Indiana

17-May-2022 - Pfeiffer Vacuum opened up a new 40,000 square foot facility on May 13th. This state-of-the-art facility is located at 4037 Guion Lane, Indianapolis, Indiana. The new facility serves North American customers in all technological questions around leak detection and high-vacuum technology, focusing ...

Pfeiffer Vacuum opens new plant in Wuxi China

25-Oct-2019 - Pfeiffer Vacuum celebrated the expansion of its facility in Wuxi, China on October 23 with a grand opening ceremony. Double its original size, the new, expanded facility marks a significant milestone in Pfeiffer Vacuum’s development in China, as it allows the company to better respond to local ...

A new way to measure nearly nothing

Prototype design uses ultracold trapped atoms to measure pressure

23-Oct-2018 - Many semiconductor fabricators and research labs are under increasing pressure from, of all things, vacuum. These facilities need to remove greater amounts of gas molecules and particles from their setups as new technologies and processes demand lower and lower pressures. For example, the vacuum ...

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 ...