OC Oerlikon Corporation AG Pfaeffikon is a Swiss company engaged in the industrial sector. The Company divides its activities into six segments: Oerlikon Textile, providing equipment for the textile production; Oerlikon Coating, offering protective coatings for precision tools and components; Oerlikon Solar, which provides solutions for the manufacturing of thin film silicon solar modules; Oerlikon Vacuum, providing systems for producing vacuums and conveying process gases; Oerlikon Drive Systems, which offers propulsion technology, and Oerlikon Advanced Technologies, providing aerospace and production systems for nanotechnology applications. The Company’s solutions are used in a range of industries, including the solar energy, clean technologies, automotive, information technology (IT), textile, machinery and tool manufacturing industry, as well as in the process, space and advanced nanotechnology applications. The Company operates worldwide through 180 sites in 37 countries.