About VST — Since 1982

Innovative Vacuum Technologies, engineered by people who stay.

VST has been a leading provider of vacuum-system technologies and services for over 40 years. We design and manufacture for aerospace, defense, semiconductor, renewable energy, optical coatings, medical equipment, and academic research labs — one engineering team, mechanical to electrical to process to assembly to sales, working out of our Petah Tikva facility.

Leadership

The team behind every system.

VST's leadership team combines deep engineering depth with decades of industry-specific experience. Every system we ship is the product of the same group, scoping the brief, designing the chamber, building the control stack, and supporting the customer through the operating life of the equipment.

Lahav Gan — CEO, VST

Lahav Gan

CEO

Leads VST's strategic direction. Sets the technical and commercial agenda across product lines, distribution, and partnerships.

Abraham Friedman
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Abraham Friedman

Operations

Runs production, quality, and delivery. Owns the operational discipline that keeps VST's installs on schedule and on spec.

Nissim Avioz — VST

Nissim Avioz

CFO & General Manager

Oversees finance and operations including budgeting, planning, reporting, and cross-departmental execution.

Koby Leist — VST

Koby Leist

Domestic Sales (Israel)

Leads VST's Israeli market with deep relationships and market knowledge. Formerly CEO of Edwards Israel.

Itay Frommer — VST

Itay Frommer

International Sales

Builds VST's global partnerships and customer base across Europe, North America, Asia, and the Middle East.

Igor Reminlov — VST

Igor Reminlov

Senior EE & Chief Software Architect

Rare combination of hardware and software expertise. Leads VST's control systems and the JOY platform that ships on every system.

Omri
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Omri

Engineer

Engineering team member. Full bio to follow.

+ ~20 more

Mechanical, electrical, process, assembly & sales engineers.

A full engineering team behind every install.

~25
VST is ~25 professionals strong: mechanical engineers, electrical and control engineers, process engineers, assembly and service technicians, sales, and administration — all working from a single facility in Petah Tikva, doubled in 2023 to 98 m³ of production floor.
Selected projects

Eighteen years, four continents.

A sample of named installs from 2011 to 2024. The systems below are dated, identified by SKU, and confirmed by recommendation letters or reference documents on file. Full reference list available on request.

Year Customer · Country System / scope
2024 Bar-Ilan University Nano Center IL TFDS-4600 J — four-chamber Josephson Junction system: ion-assisted sputter, e-beam, ion milling, load-lock with in-chamber oxidation. Quantum anchor install.
2023 Khalifa University UAE Full-lab build: 8 gloveboxes + 4 PVD + 1 ALD + 1 vacuum oven + ellipsometer + plasma cleaner
2023 Stanford University USA TCH-340 process oven (350 °C)
2023 National R&D Institute RO TFDS-460 — sputter + e-beam + load-lock (Bucharest)
2023 Tel Aviv University IL High-vacuum furnace for small samples to 1000 °C
2022 Hebrew University — Etgar Lab IL TFDS-870 LTE evaporator + ALD-320 — Perovskite PV research
2022 Technion IL ALD-201 multi-functional ALD with substrate and powder reactor
2021 Bar-Ilan University — Physics IL TFDS-842P multi-source pulsed laser deposition (PLD)
2021 Medtronic IL TFDS-462T mini-coater for lamp internal coating — sensor production
2020 Hebrew University — Nanofab Center IL TFDS-842 thermal evaporator (Eliav lab)
2019 Rafael Advanced Defense Systems IL Glovebox integrated with high-vacuum process ovens
2019 Rotem Industries IL TFDS-462B combined PVD — e-beam evaporator + magnetron sputtering
2018 GE Healthcare DCD IL TFDS-462B — PVD for 3-shift continuous production
2018 UC Louvain BE TFDS-462B — combined e-beam + magnetron + load-lock (Faniel lab)
2017 Technion — Condensed Matter IL TFDS-462BD double-chamber high-purity, 0.02° deposition angles
2017 ISRO — U R Rao Satellite Centre IN TFSP-462 multi-chamber: DC/RF sputter + load-lock + ion-assisted e-beam with substrate flip
2016 Warsaw ITE PL TFDS-462BU — 2-chamber sputter + e-beam + load-lock
2014 Hebrew University IL TFDS-870 glovebox + 2-thermal evaporator
2012 Tel Aviv University IL TFDS-870 glovebox + e-beam + 2 thermal sources
2011 Centre for Process Innovation (CPI) UK OLED production-line cluster tool, 3 process chambers
And many more. VST has shipped systems to dozens of additional customers across Asia, Europe, Africa, and the Americas. Full reference list available on request: sales@vstser.com.
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