The European X-Ray Free-Electron Laser (European XFEL) is a research facility of superlatives: It generates ultrashort X-ray flashes: 27,000 times per second and with a brilliance that is a billion times higher than that of the best conventional X-ray radiation sources. The flashes are produced in underground tunnels and will allow scientists to map atomic details of viruses, film chemical reactions, and study the processes in the interior of planets.

Pfeiffer Vacuum has opened a new service center in Malaysia. The more than 6,000 square foot building will house administration, sales, and service departments. The main activities will be the repair of the dry backing pump range. Other products will follow in the coming months.

Pfeiffer Vacuum is breaking ground in Nashua, NH, USA, on a new, two story 27,000 square foot building.

Leak testing plays a vital part in quality control in a wide range of applications. Reliable integrity of primary packaging is of crucial importance in the pharmaceutical industry to guarantee sterility and protect drugs from any microbiological substances, oxygen or moisture that may ingress.

Pfeiffer Vacuum posts very successful FY 2016 and expects positive development to continue.

Pfeiffer Vacuum announced preliminary figures for FY 2016. According to unaudited figures, sales amounted to € 474.2 million, an increase of 5.0 percent over the previous year (€ 451.5 million) and surpassing its sales guidance of € 470 million, concluding one of most successful years in the company’s history.

As of January 1, 2017, Trinos Vakuum-Systeme GmbH has a new name: Pfeiffer Vacuum Components & Solutions GmbH. The company based in Goettingen employs some 160 people and has been part of the Pfeiffer Vacuum Group since January 2010.

The Duo 11 ATEX rotary vane pump, which meets ATEX directive 2014/34/EU, was brought to the market by Pfeiffer Vacuum for processes taking place in potentially explosive atmospheres or conveying explosive gases and vapors. As such, it satisfies the most stringent explosion protection requirements.

Pfeiffer Vacuum generated sales of € 222.9 million during the first half of 2016 while achieving an EBIT of € 26.9 million and a corresponding margin of 12.1 percent. This resulted in net income of € 18.7 million and led to earnings per share of € 1.89 for the first six months. The order intake during the reported period amounted to € 231.5 million.

The ASI 35 from Pfeiffer Vacuum is a leak detection solution dedicated to leak detection machine builders, system integrators and end-users.