INFICON

INFICON

Type	Public
Traded as	SIX: IFCN
ISIN	CH0011029946
Industry	Electrical Engineering
Founded	2000
Headquarters	Bad Ragaz, Switzerland
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	Dr. Beat E. Lüthi (CoB) Lukas Winkler (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	US $309.7 million(2016) US$278.7 million(2015)
Number of employees	959 (2015)
Parent	INFICON Holding AG
Website	inficon.com

INFICON (acronym for: Instruments For Intelligent Control) 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.

INFICON has manufacturing facilities in Europe, the United States and China. INFICON has subsidiaries in China, Finland, France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, Korea, Liechtenstein, Singapore, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, the United Kingdom and the United States.

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.