ATLAS COPCO ACQUIRES OERLIKON LEYBOLD VACUUM FOR €486M, EXPANDING VACUUM SOLUTIONS DIVISION

摘要

Swedish engineering business Atlas Copco is to purchase the vacuum business of OC Oerlikon of Switzerland for CHF525m (€486m) in cash. Leybold Vacuum, headquartered in Cologne, Germany, employs around 1,600 people and produces vacuum equipment, customised pumping systems and leak detectors. The vacuum solutions are used to create clean, particle-free environments for applications such as automotive, metallurgy, coating of microchips, and the manufacturing of analytical instruments. Leybold Vacuum reported revenue of €360m in 2014.