Oerlikon Company Description
Oerlikon is back to the future. The company's Balzers business manufactures tool and component coating equipment and operates coating centers. Its Leybold Vacuum business specializes in vacuum equipment used in manufacturing and scientific applications. Its semiconductor equipment segment includes its wafer processing division and its ESEC division, which makes the systems used to etch semiconductor wafers and for assembling and packaging finished microchips. It also makes coatings for data storage media like CDs and DVDs, and a wide variety of optical components. The company's Contraves Space unit makes components for space satellites and launch vehicles.
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