Inficon
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| legal form | Corporation |
| ISIN | CH0011029946 |
| founding | 2000 |
| Seat | Bad Ragaz , Switzerland |
| management | Lukas Winkler (Chairman of the Management Board ) Matthias Tröndle (Member of the Management Board ) Beat E. Lüthi ( Chairman of the Board of Directors ) |
| Number of employees | 1028 (2018) |
| sales | $ 373.6 million (2017) $ 309.7 million (2016) $ 278.7 million (2015) |
| Branch | Electrical engineering |
| Website | www.inficon.com |
INFICON ( Instruments For Intelligent Control ) based in Bad Ragaz (Switzerland) deals with the development, manufacture and delivery of instruments, sensors and process control software for the semiconductor and vacuum coating industry. They supply devices for gas leak detection in refrigeration and air conditioning technology , the automotive industry and for analyzing and identifying toxic chemicals.
INFICON has production facilities in Europe , the USA and Asia . INFICON has offices in China , Finland , France , Germany , India , Italy , Japan , Korea , Liechtenstein , Singapore , Sweden , Switzerland , Taiwan , Great Britain and the USA.
history
Inficon was founded in Syracuse, New York , by a group of scientists and engineers from General Electric (GE) and Syracuse University (SU) who developed a halogen leak detector in December 1969.
In January 1976 Inficon was taken over by Leybold-Heraeus GmbH , a vacuum technology company. Through this acquisition, Inficon became known as Inficon Leybold-Heraeus.
In 1987, Leybold-Heraeus GmbH, the parent company of Inficon, was taken over by Degussa AG and renamed Leybold AG. At this point in time, Inficon Leybold-Heraeus became Leybold Inficon, Inc.
In 1993 Oerlikon-Bührle Holding AG (OBH), owner of Balzers AG, signed a purchase agreement with Degussa AG, thereby buying Leybold AG. With this purchase, Balzers und Leybold Holding AG, founded in 1994, became the world's largest company in vacuum and surface technology. The companies Leybold Inficon, Inc. from Syracus, Balzers Instruments from Liechtenstein and two Leybold instrument groups from Germany were then renamed to Balzers and Leybold Instrumentation (BLI).
Acquisition
• February 2006 acquisition of Electro Dynamics Crystal Corp.
• May 2007 takeover of Maxtek Inc.
• December 2007 acquisition of Sigma Instruments Inc.
• February 2016 takeover of InstruTech Inc.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Instruments For Intelligent Control - Trademark # 78469190, Owner: Inficon GmbH - Inventively . In: Inventively . ( inventively.com [accessed September 19, 2018]).
- ^ A b Governor Cuomo Announces Inficon to Expand Manufacturing Operations in East Syracuse . In: Governor Andrew M. Cuomo . September 28, 2014 ( ny.gov [accessed September 19, 2018]).
- ^ Terms of Service Violation. Retrieved September 19, 2018 .
- ^ Peter Maier: Leaders look for win-win scenarios to grow their companies . In: syracuse.com . ( syracuse.com [accessed September 19, 2018]).