CEOs Of CNY: Lukas Winkler

CNY Business Journal (1996+), Sep 22, 2006

LUKAS WINKLER

* Title: President and CEO

* Company: INFICON

* Education: M.S. in engineering from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH-Zurich) and an executive M.B.A. from Syracuse University.

* Residence: Manlius

* Age: 44

* Family: Wife Cornelia, one son Jan, and three daughters Elin, Carmen, and Lea

* Year began with company: 1993

* Original position: Supply Chain Manager

* Year he became CEO: 2004

* Future business goals: Leading INFICON to the #1 position.

* E-mail: reachus@inficon.com

* Business address: Two Technology Place, E. Syracuse, NY 13057

* Type of business: A leading developer, manufacturer, and supplier of innovative instrumentation critical-sensor technologies, and advanced process-control software for the semiconductor, vacuum coating, and general vacuum process industries. Also provides essential instrumentation for gas leak detection to the air conditioning/refrigeration industries and toxic chemical analysis for the emergency response and security markets.

* Founded: 1969

* Employees: 800 (worldwide)

* Key officers and titles: Peter Maier, vice president and chief financial officer; Dr. Ulrich Doebler, vice president - Leak Detection; Dan Hoffman, vice president and general manager Intelligent Sensor Solutions; Gary Lewis, vice president, operations - Intelligent Sensor Solutions; Dr. Urs Walchli, vice president - Vacuum Control;

* Betty Ann Kram, director of Global Communications

* Locations: Headquartered in Syracuse, has world-class manufacturing facilities in the United States and Europe and worldwide offices in the U.S., China, France, Germany, Japan, Korea, Liechtenstein, Singapore, Switzerland, Taiwan, and the United Kingdom.

* Square footage: 135,000 - E. Syracuse location

* Sales: $191.3 million, FY 2005

* Phone/Fax: (315) 434-1100/437-3803

* Web site: www.inficon.com