Highvac Corp

Highvac Corporation was established in 1993 by John Catalano, an entrepreneur and inventor at heart. Prior to starting Highvac, John was engaged full time in various capacities of the vacuum pump industry since 1979, working with major global OEMs such as Edwards, Ebara, Alcatel, Leybold, Busch, Kashiyama, and others with a primary product focus on semiconductor vacuum. Working for his fathers company, Semivac, in Silicon Valley, John recognized a need for vacuum pump repairs in Colorado Springs. He asked his father, Fred, if he was interested in starting a branch to support the burgeoning semiconductor scene at the foot of Pikes Peak. Freds words, as he recalls them, were: Why the hell would I want to do that? So, with his fathers blessing, John packed up his family, headed east, and started Highvac. After more than 25 years of success supporting the semiconductor industrys insatiable appetite for vacuum pumps, Highvac remains one of the leading independent suppliers of vacuum an...