Chemicals used in industry and science, in particular for coatings, thin films, metal-ceramic coatings and titanium nitride coatings; chemicals used in industry and science for coatings applied to the surface of objects in order to change the mechanical, chemical, electrical, magnetic or optical properties, reflection, transparency, conductivity, surface structure or chemical composition thereof; chemicals used in industry and science for surface coatings on instruments of all kinds, in particular spectacle lenses, lenses, mirrors, optical or electrical filters; chemicals used in industry and science for surface coatings on architectural glass, [ solar-cell substrates or modules, display substrates or modules, in particular computer screens,] illumination layers, [organic light-emitting diodes, ] in particular solid and liquid evaporation materials or atomisation materials

Machines and machine tools, in particular vacuum treatment installations, vacuum-coating or vacuum-etching apparatus; machine tools for use in mechanical engineering for surface treatments of all kinds, in particular mechanical engineering tools for chemical and physical cleaning, structuring or layer-removal and mechanical treatment, in particular of substrates to be coated in a vacuum installation; coating machines of all kinds, in particular coating machines for producing thin films, coating sources of all kinds, in particular evaporation sources, electron beam evaporators, ion beam evaporators, ion beam sputtering sources, pvd sources, CVD sources, PECVD sources, cathode atomisation sources and plasma sources; machine apparatus for modifying the surfaces of objects, in particular coating by sputtering, evaporation, dry etching, plasma treatment, ion beam treatment and spin coating; [ machine installations for manufacturing solar installations for generating electricity, in particular solar modules, solar generators and inverters; machine installations for manufacturing photovoltaic devices for generating electricity and installations formed therefrom and component parts and replacement parts therefor; machine installations for manufacturing electronic control devices for thermal and photovoltaic solar installations;] machine installations for manufacturing electric accumulators, installations for manufacturing electric batteries, installations for manufacturing semiconductors, integrated circuits, electric collectors; [ machine installations for manufacturing solar-cell modules or solar cells for generating electricity; ] machines, namely, apparatus for producing surface coatings on instruments of all kinds, in particular, spectacle lenses, lenses, mirrors, optical or electrical filters, reflectors for automobiles, telescopes, lasers, evaporation coaters, batch evaporators, batch sputtering systems, inline sputtering systems, cluster tools and combinations thereof; Integral components for machine installations, in particular architectural glass,[ solar-cell substrates or modules, display substrates or modules, in particular computer screens, illumination layers, and organic light-emitting diodes]

[ Apparatus and instruments for conducting, switching, transforming, accumulating, regulating or controlling electricity, in particular, solar-cells, solar collectors for supplying electricity; solar collectors for generating electricity, being parts of photovoltaic installations; ] electronic apparatus and instruments for regulating, controlling and monitoring, in situ layer stack deposition control optical spectrum, optical density, layer pattern, layer defects, and inverters and installations formed from customized engineering parts and replacement parts, structural parts therefor for generating electricity and replacement parts, structural parts for the aforesaid goods, included in this class, in particular, motion detectors, voltage regulators; electronic apparatus and instruments for monitoring of surfaces and for surface treatment, in particular, spectrometers and densitometers for layer stack control, measurement equipment for layer patterns; optical, electrical, magnetic and spectroscopic sensors; computer programs, in particular for regulating, controlling and monitoring surfaces and surface treatment; vacuum measuring apparatus, in particular, digitizers; sputtering cathodes

Installation and repair of vacuum apparatus of all kinds [, installation and repair of energy-conversion technologies, in particular assembly of solar modules for generating electricity, solar collectors and photovoltaic modules]

Treatment of materials, in particular, evaporation coating, sputter coating, plasma treatment, ion beam treatment, electron beam treatment; surface treatment, in particular, applying surface coatings for tools, for optical and electronic components and for parts of precision-engineered structures

Scientific services and technological consultancy, in particular, design engineering consultancy related to optical layer design, layer design, manufacturing process development, layer stack analysis, surface analysis; engineering services; computer modeling services, in particular, simulation of machine layout; architectural services, construction development services, in particular, computer modeling services for simulation of building layout, civil engineering services, computer project management, physics research, technical measurement evaluations in the technology and consumer goods industry for coating properties, substrate properties, optical properties, layer stack properties, transmission/absorption/reflection spectra, hardness, abrasion properties, and surface angle; engineering services in the field of optics and optical coatings; technical tests and checks, in particular, technical product safety testing, product quality testing, in particular, mechanical, electrical, gas flow, thermal simulations to test conformance of optics to operational requirements; software design; technical measurement evaluations and product testing in the industrial optics industry of coating properties, substrate properties, optical properties, layer stack properties, transmission/absorption/reflection spectra, hardness, abrasion properties of optics; scientific research, in particular, conducting of scientific experiments, engineering services, in particular, [technical development of solar and photovoltaic installations, ]technical consultancy in the field of computer expertise in coating-layer stack design and product design; scientific consulting, in particular, providing expertise in computer coating-layer stack design and product design for others, product testing; scientific research in the field of technology, construction drafting, product quality testing, in particular, layer property testing, abrasion, hardness, surface angle, reflection, absorption, product failure mode analysis, styling, in particular, industrial design. engineering consultancy in the field of optical layer stack design, low-e optical reflection control design, technical project studies, in particular conducting product and production feasibility studies in the field of industrial optics, device maintenance and repair analyses; engineering services, particularly technical project planning and design engineering of optical coating design; scientific consultancy relating to environmental protection and environmental impact assessments