VIC COMPANY MILESTONES

ESTABLISHED IN 1958

1958

Vacuum Instruments Corporation Founded

1963

US Patent No. 3,070,992 is Granted

1966

US Patent No. 3,227,872 is Granted

1967

First Portable Helium Leak Detector

1970

US Patent No. 3,548,188 is Granted

1972

First Direct Reading Leak Detector
US Patent No. 3,645,127 is Granted

1973

First in Setting Leak Test Standards Traceable to NBS

 

US Patent No. 3,768,300 is Granted

1974

Thermal Mass Flowmeter Patented for Air & Other Gases

 

US Patent No. 3,548,188 is Granted

1975

First Industrial Leak Detector

 

US Patent No. 3,891,391 is Granted

1977

First Leak Detector with Auto-Tuning, Auto-Ranging, Direct Reading

1978

First Fully Automatic Industrial Leak Detector

1983

First Gross-and-Fine Leak Detector

1984

First Microprocessor-Based Leak Detector

1986

First High-Speed Leak Detector

1990

First Dedicated Sniff-Only Leak Detector

1991

First Leak Detector with Full-Color CRT

1992

First Leak Detector with a 16-bit Microprocessor

1994

NCMS Selects VIC to Manufacture Next Generation Leak Detection Technology

1995

Air Leak Tester Auto-Fill Technique

 

US Patent No. 5,412,978

1997

VIC Acquires Phase 1 Instruments

2000

Introduces Vibra-Leak Probe with Auto-Zero Button

2000

VIC Acquires Veeco Instruments

2001

First Fully Automated Leak Test Solution for Opto-Electronics Industry

 

US Patent No. 6,196,056

 

2002

VIC Markets Have Proven USAS Technology Worldwide

2005

First Fully Automatic 55-Gallon Drum Leak-Test System

2006

Introduces Portable Leak-Tester with Industry’s Largest Internal Pump Capacity (MS-60)

2007

Releases Third-Generation Evacuation and Gas Backfill System – Smart Charge III

2008

Introduces a New Serie of Helium Mass Spectrometer Leak Detectors for Testing the Integrity of Vacuum Systems, and Parts Using Helium Leak Detections Techniques

2009

Introduces the New MS-60 Dry Series of Helium Mass Spectrometer

2010

Introduces a New Series of Helium Mass Spectrometer with Touch Screen GUIs

2013

First Portable, Switchable Helium/Hydrogen Mass Spectrometer

2014

Introduces the MS-50GT Console Helium Leak Detector with Sport Touch-Screen Display

2016

VIC Announces New Leadership and Name Change to Vacuum Instruments Corporation, LLC

2017

VIC Announces a Ramp-Up in the Production of the MD-490S DG to Meet Increase Demand for Hydrogen Leak Detection

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2019

VIC Introduces the Integrated Leak Identification Station

2020

VIC and ATEQ Corp. Announces Entering into a Strategic Partnership

2023

ATEQ Corp. Acquires VIC

2024

New Product Launch