INFICON收購美國Photovac

　　INFICON (英福康) 于 2011年11月15日完成了對Photovac的資產型收購. Photovac是有機揮發性氣體(VOC)分析儀器的設計與生產廠商. Photovac的產品線與檢測技術將有效地加強INFICON在化學分析及監控領域的市場覆蓋.

　　Photovac成立于1975年, 注冊在美國麻省Waltham市. 在過去數十年里一直是有機揮發性氣體(VOC)分析領域的市場領導者. Photovac產品線包含手提, 便攜及機柜式安裝型儀器, 技術涵蓋氣相色譜, 光離子化檢測, 及火焰離子化檢測. Photovac產品提供本安設計, 可使用在潛在有害的現場分析, 為環境應急監測提供快速準確的分析信息, 以便快速應對潛在的危險情況.

　　Bad Ragaz/Switzerland / Syracuse/New York — November 15, 2011 — INFICON (SIX Swiss Exchange: IFCN), a leading manufacturer of instrumentation and process control software for the semiconductor and vacuum-coating industries and other industrial applications, has acquired the assets of Photovac Inc., a developer and manufacturer of volatile organic compound (VOC) detection equipment. The addition of Photovac’s products and sensor technology to the already proven line of chemical detection and monitoring systems will help INFICON expand its market reach.

　　Founded in 1975, Photovac Inc. is located in Waltham, Massachusetts, USA. The company has been a leader of VOC monitoring technology for several decades. Photovac products include handheld, portable and rack mounted instruments based on Photoionization Detection, Flame Ionization Detection and Gas Chromatography technology. Many of the company’s products are intrinsically safe and provide identification and quantification of potentially hazardous VOCs on-site, giving emergency and environmental response teams the information they need to make quick, accurate decisions about potentially dangerous situations.