Effective 1st September (2016), Sweden’s Atlas Copco AB has acquired the former Oerlikon Leybold Vacuum GmbH company, now renamed Leybold GmbH.
Cologne-based Leybold has a 166 year-long history, developing and delivering vacuum pumps, systems, standardised and customised vacuum solutions, and services for various industries.
The company becomes part of the Vacuum Solutions Division of Atlas Copco, belonging to the Compressor Technique Business Area, with approximately 6,500 employees represented in over 35 countries, and will continue to focus on performance and growth in the industrial, research and development, and analytical market sectors.
“The technological know-how and the innovative spirit of Leybold will complement our vacuum portfolio and strengthen our market presence, contributing to our customers’ success,” said Geert Follens, President of the Atlas Copco Vacuum Solutions Division.
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