LAVAT

LAVAT a.s. manufactures and supplies precision engineering components, vacuum equipment and laboratory technology products. Its range includes rotary oil, membrane and water vacuum pumps, vacuum apparatus, mixers, electromagnetic, pneumatic and manual valves, mechanical and electronic vacuum gauges, ISO-CF flanges and pump accessories. The company also offers precision tool-making for special parts and small-series or single-piece production.

Customers are laboratory, medical and industrial buyers in the Czech Republic and abroad. The website states that the company exports to 35 countries and that it has cooperated with FEI Electron Optics since 1996. Revenue comes from product sales and contract manufacturing; the website also says more than 15% of turnover is spent on research and development.

The company is registered in Chotutice, Czechia, where its plant is located, and was founded in 1993 per the registry. According to the website, the plant was converted from a state enterprise into LAVAT joint-stock company in 1992 and later privatized, with shares held mainly by management. It holds ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 45001 and ISO 27001 certification under an integrated management system. Current job postings are for CNC machine setters and operators and conventional lathe operators.

Product: Rotary, membrane and water vacuum pumps, vacuum apparatus, valves, vacuum gauges, ISO-CF flanges, mixers and precision machined parts.