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Oerlikon Leybold Vacuum

The segment Oerlikon Leybold Vacuum was able to achieve excellent results in every respect in 2006. Sales increased by 12 percent to CHF 430 million, thereby achieving more than three times the general market growth of around 4 percent. Orders received grew by 14 percent to CHF 444 million and orders on hand by 32 percent to CHF 59 million. EBIT grew from CHF –4 million to CHF 47 million compared to the previous year.

Growth clearly above market average and expansion of solutions business
Applications & products
Systems
  • Fore vacuum pumps
  • High vacuum pumps
  • Consultancy and development of vacuum solutions
  • Vacuum measurement Equipment
  • Leak detectors
  • Flanges
  • Valves and fittings
Services
  • After-sales services and training
 
Key figures of Oerlikon Leybold Vacuum
in CHF million 2006 2005 Change(%)
Orders received 444 390 14%
Orders on hand 59 45 32%
Sales 430 383 12%
EBIT 47 -4
 

«When it comes to winning new market potential in Europe, the USA and Asia, it is of prime importance to accelerate development and launch technology and product innovations.»

Thomas Babacan
Head of Oerlikon Leybold Vacuum
Senior Vice President

World’s largest vacuum chamber

KATRIN
The Karlsruhe (Germany) research center is currently home to the most precise scales in the world. KATRIN (KArlsruher TRItium Neutrino Experiment) will for the first time determine the mass of the neutrinos created when an atomic nucleus decays. The scale of this, the largest ultra-high vacuum chamber in the world, is enormous. Using a main spectrometer 10 meters in diameter and 24 meters long, measurements are to be taken under vacuum conditions in a measurement range of 3 x 10-34 grams. Oerlikon Leybold Vacuum has developed the vacuum technology that this requires.