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As one of the world leaders in thin film technology, Leybold
Optics develops and manufactures vacuum deposition
equipment for a broad range of applications. Originally,
the foundation for the firm’s present-day success was laid by
inventors Ernst Leybold and Wilhelm Carl Heraeus 160 ye-
ars ago. Today, Leybold Optics is a globally active high-tech
company, with main facilities in Alzenau, Beijing and Cary,
and over 300 employees worldwide. Its portfolio includes de-
position systems for the architectural glass industry as well as
for the automotive, (flexible) electronics, packaging industry,
ophthalmic and precision optics industry. As a pioneer in the
glass industry, Leybold Optics succeeded with break-through
innovations such as the largest Vertical Glass Coater ever
built and one of the fastest Off-line Glass Coaters built with
a Cycle time below 28 sec. In recent years, Leybold Optics
installed more than 15 Off-line Glass Coaters such as the
new generation APOLLON. The APOLLON portfolio is most
flexible for the glass industry in terms of size, thickness and
annual throughput as well as technologies, such as Low-E,
Solar Control, Anti-reflection, Conductive Layers, Electrical
Function Layers, and many more.

Leybold Optics is now a part of Bühler
Bühler is a specialist and technology partner for plants,
equipment, and services for processing basic foods and for
manufacturing advanced materials. With its expertise and
over 150 years of experience, Bühler time and again rolls
out unique and innovative solutions for its customers, helping
them achieve success in the marketplace. Over the decades,
Bühler has come to be acknowledged as a reliable partner,
thanks to its distinct commitment to quality and its global pre-
sence. Bühler Group operates in over 140 countries, has a
global payroll of over 10,000 and generated sales revenues
of CHF 2,322 million in fiscal 2013.
The global presence of the family-owned Bühler Group fur-
ther strengthens Leybold Optics’ position worldwide as a re-
liable supplier for thin film coating equipment. The bundling
of the competencies of Bühler and Leybold Optics creates a
large pool of expertise and experience that can be utilized for
developing innovative customer solutions.

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