Nov 08, 2024 Company News VAT joins the Responsible Business Alliance (RBA) As an Affiliate Member, VAT is committed to the RBA’s vision and goals. (1 min. read) Read more
May 24, 2024 Company News Energy Agency Program 10-year participation in the Energy Agency Program: A mid-term conclusion (1 min. read) Read more
Jul 05, 2023 Company News VAT Malaysia participates in Responsible Factory Initiative (RFI) By participating in the RFI, VAT Group underlines its commitment to fair and safe working conditions, workers' rights and environmentally sustainable production. (2 min. read) Read more
Jun 14, 2023 Company News VAT Takes Equal Pay to Next Level – Fair-ON-Pay Advanced Certification Achieved A re-audit of the Fair-ON-Pay certificate confirms: VAT has further improved its policies and practices and is upgrading in certification level. (2 min. read) Read more
Mar 09, 2022 Company News VAT Strengthens Sustainability with Innovative Waste Prevention Strategy As part of the "Auxiliary Parts Project", VAT is working with its customers on the reuse of product-accompanying elements, such as transport locks. (2 min. read) Read more
Feb 17, 2022 Company News VAT Supports Change to CO2 Neutral Driving With two new e-car charging stations for visitors and two more for employees, VAT supports emission-free driving. (1 min. read) Read more
Feb 08, 2022 Company News VAT Tests Emission-Free Transport of Goods by Hydrogen-Powered Trucks Sustainability in production and logistics is a core topic at VAT. As a further step towards more sustainable logistics solutions, VAT is testing environmentally friendly goods transport with a hydrogen-powered truck via its logistics partner Gebrüder Weiss GmbH. (2 min. read) Read more
Jan 27, 2022 Company News Groundbreaking Ceremony for third VAT Malaysia Extension Penang, 27 January 2022 – VAT today held a groundbreaking ceremony to initiate the extension of its production facility in Penang, Malaysia. (4 min. read) Read more
Jan 18, 2022 Company News VAT Focuses on Sustainability with Recycling 12 years ago, VAT has implemented a global initiative to minimize the environmental impact of its own operations – as well as those of our customers and suppliers. The company maintains and promotes a broad range of recycling programs at manufacturing facilities in Switzerland and Malaysia. (2 min. read) Read more
Dec 09, 2021 Company News New Record Production Output in VAT Malaysia With a 60% production increase this year, VAT Malaysia is considering to extend its capacity, to meet future demand. The driving force is increasing global demand for semiconductor manufacturing equipment and with it the demand for VAT high performance vacuum valves. (2 min. read) Read more
Dec 01, 2021 Company News VAT Decides for Hydropower VAT is being consistent in the implementation of its sustainability offensive and is once again sending a strong signal for renewable energies by switching to hydropower at its Haag site. (4 min. read) Read more
Nov 29, 2021 Company News On the Move: VAT Relocates within Japan VAT has been present in Japan for over three decades and now the move to Tokyo-Haneda is imminent. This important step will consolidate previously dispersed functions at one location, expand service capacities for the Japanese market and significantly improve services for our customers. (2 min. read) Read more
Sep 23, 2021 Company News Improved High-Purity Cleaning and Reduced Use of Aggressive Cleaning Agents In the production of vacuum valves, high-purity cleaning processes are an essential part of VAT's vacuum valve product quality. Modern semiconductor production requires a vacuum environment of the highest purity. This applies to all system components - including the vacuum valves used. (3 min. read) Read more
Aug 15, 2021 Company News Not only open your eyes, but always follow your nose! Have a look! VAT helps with the choice of profession. Read more
Aug 11, 2021 Company News More Environmentally Friendly Packaging VAT Logistics announced a new ‘Packaging Concept’ to reduce the volume of foam and increase the amount of sustainable packaging materials used, further reducing VAT's overall carbon footprint. (3 min. read) Read more
Jul 28, 2021 Company News VAT Goes High Tech to Light and Save Energy As part of its global sustainability initiative to reduce energy, VAT is installing state-of-the-art LED lighting systems. The switch will cut energy consumption in half. (2 min. read) Read more
Jul 01, 2021 Company News Saving Energy with Groundwater The cooling systems of machines and production halls of the Swiss VAT production have been converted from electricity to groundwater cooling. A benefit for the environment and lower energy costs. (4 min. read) Read more
Jun 01, 2021 Company News Less CO2 - One year of solar power generation in VAT Malaysia The installation of solar cells for energy generation on the roof of VAT's manufacturing plant in Penang, MY, was completed in June 2020 and is now an important building block in VAT's strategy to reduce its overall carbon footprint by switching to renewable energy sources. (2 min. read) Read more
May 20, 2021 Company News VAT Receives Confirmation Of Compliance With Equal Pay For Women And Men VAT has received the Fair ON Pay+ certificate from SGS Société Générale de Surveillance for being compliant with the equal pay provisions of the Swiss Federal Act on Gender Equality. (1 min. read) Read more
Apr 21, 2021 Company News «High Speed Ramp-Up» – VAT Increases its Production in Malaysia Increasing demand for semiconductor manufacturing equipment in Asia, drives demand for VAT high performance vacuum valves. VAT is therefore ramping up the factory output in Penang, Malaysia. (2 min. read) Read more
Apr 13, 2021 Company News VAT Wins “2020 Best Quality Supplier of the Year” Award from Samsung Mechatronic R&D Center VAT Korea has received the “2020 Best Quality Supplier of the Year” award from the Samsung Mechatronics R&D Center. With this award, VAT has been recognized for its longstanding and successful collaboration with Samsung in the area of pressure control. (1 min. read) Read more