- High purity, specialty gas distribution systems: design, implementation and service support
- Custom vacuum systems: design and implementation
- Thin film deposition solutions: design and implementation
- Label free biosensors: R&D and commercialization. Our leading OWLS™ (Optical Waveguide Lightmode Spectroscopy) and QCM-I™ (Quartz Crystal Microbalance with Impedance Monitoring) technology was acquired by Semilab in December 2024. You may learn more about these products originally developed by MicroVacuum at https://semilab.com/
MicroVacuum Ltd. was founded in 1987.
Our headquarters and laboratory are located in Budapest, Hungary.
Our main activities include the development of analytical lab equipments including OWLS and QCM based instruments, label-free biosensor devices, accessories and sensor chips. We also provide R&D consultancy for custom development of surface science solutions in various industries and for technologies for special thin film deposition applications.
The Optical Waveguide Lightmode Spectroscopy (OWLS) , and Quartz Crystal Microbalance with Impedance Measurement systems and sensor chips are marketed worldwide. Our customers are from the life-science, food, battery research, space exploration, and oil industry to name a few and also from universities and government research laboratories. We sell directly in Europe, and directly or through distributors in the rest of world.
Leading companies and research institutions from all over the world are using our QCM and OWLS technologies for studying surface interactions. Clients include: Roche, Amgen, Nokia Bell Labs, Yale University, BASF, Northwestern University, Oregon State University, University of South Australia, Technical University of Denmark, Cranfield University and many others.