INFICON

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INFICON
Company type Public
SIX:  IFCN
ISIN CH0011029946
IndustryElectrical Engineering
Founded2000
Headquarters
Bad Ragaz (SG)
,
Switzerland
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
  • Dr. Beat E. Lüthi (CoB)
  • Oliver Wyrsch (CEO)
  • Matthias Troendle (CFO)
Products
  • Leak Detectors
  • Service Tools for HVAC/R
  • Service Tools for Automotive
  • Chemical Detection and Monitoring (GCMS/GC/FID)
  • Quartz Monitor Crystals
  • Thin Film Deposition
  • Controllers and Monitors
  • Electron Beam Gun Control
  • Residual Gas Analyzers
  • Mass Spectrometers
  • Gas Concentration Monitor
  • RF Sensing Technology
  • FabGuard® Software
  • Vacuum Feedthroughs
  • Vacuum Components
  • Vacuum Gauge Controllers and Accessories
  • Wide Range Vacuum Gauges
  • High Precision Vacuum Gauges
  • Leybold Vacuum Compatible Transmitters
Revenue
  • Increase2.svg$673.7 million(2023)
  • $581.3 million(2022)
  • $515.8 million(2021)
  • $397.8 million(2020)
  • $381.7 million(2019)
[1]
Number of employees
1616 (Dec.23) [1]
Parent INFICON Holding AG
Website inficon.com

INFICON (Instruments For Intelligent Control) [2] is headquartered in Bad Ragaz (Switzerland) and is engaged in the development, manufacture and supply of instruments, sensor technology and process control software for the semiconductor and vacuum-coating industries. They supply instruments for gas leak detection in refrigeration, air conditioning, the automotive industry and for the analysis and identification of toxic chemicals. [3] [4]

Contents

INFICON has manufacturing facilities in Europe, the United States and China. INFICON has subsidiaries in China, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, South Korea, Liechtenstein, Malaysia, Mexico, Singapore, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, the United Kingdom and the United States. [3]

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. [5] [6] [7]

In January 1976, Inficon was acquired by Leybold-Heraeus GmbH a vacuum technology company. Due to this acquisition, Inficon became known as Inficon Leybold-Heraeus. [8] [9]

In 1987, Leybold-Heraeus GmbH, the parent company of Inficon, was purchased by Degussa AG, and the name was changed to Leybold AG. At this point, Inficon Leybold-Heraeus became Leybold Inficon, Inc.

In 1993, Oerlikon-Bührle Holding AG (OBH), which owned Balzers AG, reached a deal to buy Leybold AG from Degussa AG. Formed in 1994, Balzers and Leybold Holding AG became the world's largest vacuum and surface technology company as a result of this purchase. Leybold Inficon, Inc. of Syracuse with Balzers Instruments of Liechtenstein and two Leybold instrument groups of Germany then became Balzers and Leybold Instrumentation (BLI). [10]

In 1998, the Oerlikon-Bührle Group was split up and the core business was renamed Unaxis. [11] [7]

History Timeline for INFICON INFICON Timeline History.JPG
History Timeline for INFICON

In July 2000, Balzers AG and Leybold AG became a part of Unaxis and the instrument group was spun off forming INFICON Holding AG in Switzerland. Combined with Leybold Inficon, Inc. the three instrument groups then became INFICON. On November 9, 2000, INFICON joined the Nasdaq and SIX Swiss Exchange with a public offering under the ticker symbol "IFCN". [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17]

In February 2005, INFICON delisted its stock from Nasdaq, but continues to trade on the SIX Swiss Exchange to this day. [18] [19]

Acquisitions

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References

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