Evatec to Grow Deposition Business with Acquisition from Oerlikon
FLUMS, Switzerland, Dec. 23, 2014 — Evatec plans to acquire Oerlikon’s advanced technologies segment to expand its thin-film deposition systems business. Applications for the segment include power devices, read/write heads for hard disks, LEDs, microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) and solutions for photovoltaics, touch panels and thermoelectrics. Evatec provides thin-film deposition systems for the optoelectronic, semiconductor and optical industries with its Balzers BAK evaporator, MSP and Radiance sputter