Unique coating high tech for the world market: LEYBOLD OPTICS sets standards in the vacuum industry
'Stay one step ahead': unmistakable pioneering spirit and innovation make LEYBOLD OPTICS (LO) one of the leading manufacturers of vacuum coating systems worldwide. As a vanguard and trail-blazing company LO offers its customers solutions tailored to fit their specific requirements - and thus guarantees them substantial advantages over their competitors. Thorough research and development are the foundation of this success. In each and every of its business units LEYBOLD OPTICS offers systems which set standards in their industries. Its extraordinarily vast network of locations spans the entire globe and enables LO's customer support to respond immediately to any requests and suggestions or to offer qualified assistance on the spot, which spares the customers lengthy downtimes. The company's customer support - the perfect addition to the business units- is appreciated as a reliable partner by customers worldwide.
With the business unit 'Solar', the global player opens up a promising and lucrative market, which will definitely gain importance in the future. Thin-film solar cells on glass panels, on flexible material or transparent conducting oxide coatings -you name it! LEYBOLD OPTICS 'Solar' always offers ground-breaking concepts. The linear PECVD cluster system 'Phoebus' and the In-Line sputter systems of the A series of LEYBOLD OPTICS are leading-edge technology on the market.
For many years now, the name of LEYBOLD OPTICS has been a synonym for excellent coating results on architectural glass. Now LO's business unit 'Solar & Glas' comes up with the 'Apollon' systems. Quality and service have always been the core elements of the company's philosophy. And it is due to these principles that the new glass-coating systems outdo the international competitors' systems easily where cycle times are concerned.
'Pegasus' is the latest high-precision sputtering system from the business unit 'Display' that can process even Gen 8 substrates. High target utilization and comfortable and easy exchange of the substrates - the display industry makes high demands on their systems. It is no coincidence then that the expertise and knowledge of the company from Alzenau are more than welcome.
In the business units '3D-Coating' and 'Web', LEYBOLD OPTICS is working on industry-specific solutions for the automotive and the plastics industries as well as on systems for processing capacitor and packaging films. While '3D-Coating' focuses on coating complex three-dimensional molded parts (e.g. headlights for cars), the business unit 'Web' develops systems and processes for treating flexible substrates like e.g. flexible solar cells.
The business unit 'Optics' unites experts in ophthalmics and precision optics. Filters, mirrors, or lenses - LO's portfolio offers new-comers as well as global players the right systems. In Rx and stock production of ophthalmic lenses, this business unit again and again comes up with sophisticated, state-of-the-art solutions that guarantee improved coating quality thanks to process optimization.
'Special Systems' stands for unique customized systems. The experts of this business unit develop solutions tailored to fit their customers' specific requirements. The possible range of appliances stretches from applications like coatings on reflective optics for extreme UV lithography in highly customized systems to large machines like In-Line coaters for special mirrors and Roll-to-Roll coaters for steel strip treatment.
Innovation and quality: these have always been the basic columns for the work of the different business units. For more than 150 years now, this philosophy has been firmly established. This did not change either when the company was taken over by the Northern European equity group EQT in 2001. On the contrary: under the direction of Helmut Frankenberger (CEO), these principles, set up by the company's founders Wilhelm Carl Heraeus and Ernst Leybold, are characteristic for every single action taken by the business units - today maybe more than ever.
At LEYBOLD OPTICS, ergonomics and customer support have always been a pivot The company's figures argue for its progressive business model: 380 employees at 13 locations worldwide make a turnover of more than 130 million euros and work for the success of LEYBOLD OPTICS and its customers - with unrivalled enthusiasm and pioneering spirit.
