A pioneer in the development of getter technology, the SAES Group (BIT: SG) is the world leader in a variety of scientific and industrial applications where stringent vacuum conditions or ultra-pure gases are required. SAES Group sold to the US company Entegris, Inc. (NasdaqGS: ENTG) the gas purification business (Systems for Gas Purification & Handling), part of SAES’ Industrial Applications Business Unit, which principally operates through SAES Group’s US subsidiary SAES Pure Gas, Inc. (“SPG”). Entegris, Inc. is a leader in specialty chemicals and advanced materials solutions for the microelectronics industry and other high-tech industries.