ALD founds the Russian company ALD Vacuum Technologies OOO in Moscow. ALD France is founded as a merger of FNAG and Thermique Industrie Vide SAS (TIV).
ALD-C&K Vacuum Technologies Co., Ltd. is founded in Suzhou as a joint venture between ALD and C&K (China) Co., Ltd. from Hong Kong. ALD acquires all shares of Dynatech Furnaces and names the company ALD Vacuum Technologies India Pvt....