Highvac Corporation

HIGHVAC Corporation was established in 1993 by John Catalano, an entrepreneur and inventor at heart. John has been engaged full time in various capacities of the vacuum pump industry since 1979, working with major global OEMs such as Edwards, Ebara, Alcatel, Leybold, Busch, Kashiyama, and others with a primary product focus on semiconductor vacuum. Working for his father’s company, Semivac, in Silicon Valley, John recognized a need for vacuum pump repairs in Colorado Springs. He asked his father, Fred, if he was interested in starting a branch to support the burgeoning semiconductor scene at the foot of Pike’s Peak. Fred’s words, as he recalls them, were: Why the hell would I want to do that? So, with his father’s blessing, John packed up his family, headed east, and started HIGHVAC.