Vacuumschmelze | X-ON
VACUUMSCHMELZE GmbH & Co. KG designs and manufactures advanced magnetic materials and related products. It offers advanced semi-finished materials and parts; inductive components for the electronics; current transformers; electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) chokes; residual current circuit breakers (RCCBs); shielding foils; brazing foils; magnets; and magnet assemblies for use various fields and industries spanning watch-making and medical technology, renewable energies, shipbuilding, automotive, and aviation. The company provides sintered rare earth permanent magnets; crystalline, amorphous, and nanocrystalline materials; products, such as punched and bent parts, sheet packages, and screens; toroidal tape wound cores; inductive components for telecommunications and power electronics; and soft-magnetic parts for power electronics. Its products are available through sales offices and agencies in Germany and internationally. VACUUMSCHMELZE GmbH & Co. KG was formerly known as Heraeus-Vacuumschmelze AG. The company was founded in 1914 and is based in Hanau, Germany with production facilities in Hanau, Germany; Horná Streda, Slovakia; Pekan, Malaysia; and Shanghai, China. As of August 2, 2011, VACUUMSCHMELZE GmbH & Co. KG operates as a subsidiary of Vectra Co.