INFICON Holding AG engages in the distribution of instrumentation for gas analysis, measurement, and control. The company is headquartered in Bad Ragaz, St. Gallen and currently employs 1,737 full-time employees. The company went IPO on 2000-11-09. These analysis, measurement and control products are applicable in gas leak detection in air conditioning, refrigeration, and automotive manufacturing. The firm's products are also applicable in fabrication of semiconductors and thin film coatings for optics, flat panel displays, solar cells, light-emitting diode (LED) lighting, and industrial vacuum coating applications. Other users of vacuum-based processes include the life sciences, research, aerospace, food and general packaging, heat treatment, laser cutting, oil and gas transportation and processing, alternative energy, utilities, and other industrial processes. The firm provides toxic chemical analysis products for emergency response, security, and environmental monitoring, as well as instruments for energy and petrochemical applications.
