The vacuum metallurgy and vacuum heat treatment business become part of the newly founded ALD Vacuum Technologies GmbH (Aichelin, Leybold, Durferrit). ALD founds a sales subsidiary in Tokyo,...
Degussa spins off its Durferrit business including Degussa Industrial Furnaces, while Leybold AG sheds its vacuum metallurgy division. The two spin-offs merge to form Leybold Durferrit GmbH.
Leybold Successors merge with Heraeus-Hochvakuum GmbH to form LEYBOLD-HERAEUS GmbH. Degussa, Heraeus and Metallgesellschaft hold equal interests in Leybold-Heraeus GmbH.
