| | | Nor-Cal Products' origin dates back to 1948 when the company's predecessor began designing and manufacturing stainless steel vacuum pumping stations for the dairy industry. With the development of the ion pump by Varian Associates ten years later, the vacuum industry began a rapid growth that has never slowed. In response to the demand for the machining and metal forming required for vacuum applications, our company underwent a reorganization and Nor-Cal Products was formed in 1962. Since the vacuum industry's infancy we have kept abreast of the latest technologies and equipment in order to supply our customers with reliable vacuum components at a reasonable price. Nor-Cal Products was mainly an OEM manufacturer for companies like Varian, UTI, Edwards High Vacuum and Perkin-Elmer until 1978 when we produced a thirty-page catalog of standard components. Our latest catalog has more than 220 pages of standard products including high vacuum and ultra high vacuum flanges, professional fittings, cocks, foreline traps, feedthroughs, industrial manipulators and heater jackets. OEM and custom products, such as suction chambers, still make up a large portion of our annual sales. | | Our 85,000 square foot corporate headquarters and manufacturing facility are located in Yreka, California. Approximately 200 employees manufacture nearly all of our products there and manage a worldwide network of sales representatives and stocking distributors. In 1997 Nor-Cal Products established a 4,000 square foot research and development facility in San Diego, California. The staff is currently developing downstream pressure control valves suppliers for semiconductor processes. | | |