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Company snapshot — Inficon Holding

IFCN.SW in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelook stack, who it is priced against, why we track it, what we watch. Research diary, not advice.

What it does
Inficon makes instruments that measure and control gas, vacuum and thin-film processes: leak detectors, vacuum gauges, mass spectrometers, quartz sensors and thin-film controllers. These instruments are built into semiconductor and coating equipment, and used directly by fabs, refrigeration and automotive manufacturers. It is based in Bad Ragaz, Switzerland.
Where it sits in the stack
In our index, Inficon sits in Layer 2, Fabrication, within the Deposition, Etch & Process sleeve — the group of vendors supplying the kit every fab orders in bulk. Inficon is a supplier of the measurement and control instruments that this equipment needs to run, so it is a constraint on how precisely fabs can monitor deposition and etch steps rather than a maker of the tools themselves.
Who it is priced against
Closelook's peer group for the sleeve places it with ASM International, Lam Research, Applied Materials, VAT Group, AIXTRON, Comet Holding, Kokusai Electric and Tokyo Electron; the market also names MKS Instruments as a comparable supplier of process instrumentation.
Why Closelook tracks it
It is a constituent of the Rubin Build-Out 100 and carries a Closelook score, where momentum is the strongest module and valuation the weakest; the diary has not yet quoted it in an edition.
What the diary watches
Whether orders for fab process equipment, which set demand for the sensors and controllers Inficon supplies, hold up through the next capital-spending cycle.

Inficon Holding (IFCN.SW) trades on the SW exchange in Switzerland, and sits in Layer 2 of the build-out stack. Constituent of Rubin Build-Out 100.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelook’s own readings, 2026-09-17. Descriptive, refreshed with the registry; corrections welcome via the imprint. closelook.net is an investment research diary — market structure, index membership and scores are our own readings, not investment advice. Related: index compare · sector dispersion · scanner.

Signals for this name

Every Closelook reading that exists for IFCN.SW, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

Who it is priced against Rubin Build-Out 100 · Deposition, Etch & Process · 8 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Rubin Build-Out 100 · Deposition, Etch & Process

Process-equipment vendors for deposition, etch, CMP, and clean. The kit list every fab orders by the truckload.

Compared against IFCN.SW on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelook scores where it exists.

Versus its index Rubin Build-Out 100 — the name, its sleeve and the index over day, week and month

Versus its index

The name against its Closelook index and its own sleeve — equal-weight, nightly closes.

Rubin Build-Out 100 · as of 2026-09-17

DayWeekMonth3 months
IFCN.SW+2.8%−2.0%−1.5%−13.4%
Deposition, Etch & Process+0.8%−5.7%−6.8%—
Rubin Build-Out 100+1.5%−2.2%−2.9%—

Against the index: 0.2 pts ahead on the week, 1.4 pts ahead on the month; against its Deposition, Etch & Process sleeve 5.3 pts ahead on the month.

Returns from the index workers’ nightly closes; equal-weight sleeves. A relative reading from the research diary, not advice.

Weather around the name 3 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sovereign pressure

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 55/100 · S&P 500 fund at 58, above its 50- and 200-day averagesEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-09-17
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 94th percentile of the window, +2.7% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-09-17
  • Sovereign pressure Index 0.00 · down 0.41 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-09-17

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-09-18

Quick answers

What is Inficon Holding (IFCN.SW)?

Inficon Holding trades as IFCN.SW on the SW exchange (Switzerland) in the Closelook research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-09-18.

Is IFCN.SW in a Closelook index?

Yes — Inficon Holding is a constituent of Rubin Build-Out 100, as of 2026-09-18.

Where does IFCN.SW trade against its moving averages?

Stochastic turned up: Its stochastic crossed up out of oversold (%K 25.4 over %D 19.4) today — a short-term momentum-turn signal. As of 2026-09-17 — a technical state from the nightly Closelook bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

How is IFCN.SW doing against its Closelook index?

Over the past month Inficon Holding is −1.5% against −2.9% for the Rubin Build-Out 100 — 1.4 points ahead of its index, as of 2026-09-17. Its Deposition, Etch & Process sleeve is −6.8% over the same month. The “Versus its index” table on this page carries the day, the week and the month for the name, its sleeve and the index.

What does Inficon Holding do?

Inficon makes instruments that measure and control gas, vacuum and thin-film processes: leak detectors, vacuum gauges, mass spectrometers, quartz sensors and thin-film controllers. These instruments are built into semiconductor and coating equipment, and used directly by fabs, refrigeration and automotive manufacturers. It is based in Bad Ragaz, Switzerland. Closelook's peer group for the sleeve places it with ASM International, Lam Research, Applied Materials, VAT Group, AIXTRON, Comet Holding, Kokusai Electric and Tokyo Electron; the market also names MKS Instruments as a comparable supplier of process instrumentation.

Where does Inficon Holding sit in the AI build-out?

In our index, Inficon sits in Layer 2, Fabrication, within the Deposition, Etch & Process sleeve — the group of vendors supplying the kit every fab orders in bulk. Inficon is a supplier of the measurement and control instruments that this equipment needs to run, so it is a constraint on how precisely fabs can monitor deposition and etch steps rather than a maker of the tools themselves. It is a constituent of the Rubin Build-Out 100 and carries a Closelook score, where momentum is the strongest module and valuation the weakest; the diary has not yet quoted it in an edition.

What does this page show?

A live price chart with SMA overlays and drawing tools for IFCN.SW, performance metrics, index-membership context and the Closelook structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

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