Pfeiffer Vacuum turns 130, continuous innovation has become a habit

Pfeiffer Vacuum is celebrating its 130th anniversary. Since its founding in 1890, Pfeiffer Vacuum has been setting new standards in vacuum technology. As a company with a long history, Pfeiffer Vacuum has continuously developed and successfully marketed numerous innovations, which benefit the scientific and industrial communities. The best example of this is the turbomolecular pump, which was developed by Pfeiffer Vacuum in 1958 and is still one of the indispensable vacuum equipment on the market. With its profound expertise, Pfeiffer Vacuum will continue to be a technological pioneer and world market leader in the vacuum field.

Pioneering spirit and passion for research are the concepts that the expert team of Pfeiffer Vacuum has always adhered to. The company, founded by Arthur Pfeiffer in Wetzlar, Germany in 1890, initially produced gas lamp igniters. When the light bulb was successful in the market, Arthur Pfeiffer quickly adjusted the business direction and entered the then emerging technology field of lighting, and then devoted himself to providing vacuum technology solutions required for the production of light bulbs. This transformation made Arthur Pfeiffer quickly realize that vacuum technology is of great significance to almost all industrial and scientific research fields, and then he focused entirely on this field. Since then, Pfeiffer Vacuum has maintained a significant influence on the development of vacuum technology.

Reliable quality meets the needs of scientific research

To this day, Pfeiffer Vacuum's products still represent high-tech solutions in the industry, with excellent reliability and efficient performance. The customer list, which includes institutions such as the Max Planck Institute, CERN, the European X-ray Free Electron Laser (XFEL) and the European Aeronautic Defense Space Company (EADS), is also a strong proof of this reliability - even on the International Space Station, there are vacuum pumps produced by Pfeiffer Vacuum's headquarters in Wetzlar, Germany. As with many other applications, Pfeiffer Vacuum's customer requirements are often very complex - not only involving specific vacuum requirements, but also taking into account the specifications of the relevant systems, the materials and products to be used or processed, and the process conditions, and the core of it is always the precise grasp of quality. Therefore, Pfeiffer Vacuum will work closely with customers from various industries to continuously optimize its vacuum solutions through continuous development work and provide "perfect solutions" that meet all customer requirements.

Vacuum technology for all areas of life

Automotive parts, smartphones, pacemakers, textiles – the production of these products all requires vacuum technology. Vacuum solutions also play an important role in food production and the pharmaceutical industry. Without vacuum conditions, freeze-dried products such as instant coffee and milk powder would not be possible.

Pfeiffer Vacuum is the only vacuum technology supplier in the world that can provide a complete product portfolio from individual components to complex vacuum systems. The products and solutions developed by Pfeiffer Vacuum are widely used in analysis, industry, research and development, coating, food production, pharmaceuticals and semiconductors, and can be optimized according to specific applications.

Not long ago, Pfeiffer Vacuum released its 2019 full-year financial report, showing that it successfully achieved its sales and profit targets for the year. In 2020, Pfeiffer Vacuum will further develop its global growth strategy, including the Chinese market.