Private company

American Vacuum Society

Not-for-profit based in New York1

AVS: Science and Technology of Materials, Interfaces, and Processing (formally the American Vacuum Society, Inc.) is a professional and scientific society founded in 1953 as a committee on vacuum technology. The AVS supports networking among its approximately 4,500 worldwide members who include representatives of academia, industry, and government. As a member society of the American Institute of Physics, AVS functions as an association of professionals in the scientific disciplines of materials, interfaces, and processing.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1953Founded1

AVS: Science and Technology of Materials, Interfaces, and Processing (formally the American Vacuum Society, Inc.) is a professional and scientific society founded in 1953 as a committee on vacuum technology. The AVS supports networking among its approximately 4,500 worldwide members who include representatives of academia, industry, and government. As a member society of the American Institute of Physics, AVS functions as an association of professionals in the scientific disciplines of materials, interfaces, and processing.2

Timeline

  1. 1953Founded Founded1

Funding

Where the company's money came from, by calendar year: private offerings filed with the SEC, federal grants, loans, contracts and other assistance from USAspending.gov, and PPP loans from the SBA. Each bar links to the records below.

Money received by year$634.5K 2020–2021
Money received by yearMoney received by year, 2020–2021: $634.5K in all. PPP loans $634.5K.$0$100K$200K$300K$400K2020 · PPP loans: $317.2K20202021 · PPP loans: $317.2K2021
Figures by year
YearPPP loansTotal
2021$317.2K$317.2K
2020$317.2K$317.2K

PPP loans

Paycheck Protection Program loans of $150,000 and up, approved April 2020 to July 2021, from the SBA3. Matched to this company by name and state.

  1. Apr 14, 2020$317.2K PPP loan (first draw) from TD Bank, National Association3To AMERICAN VACUUM SOCIETY, INC., New York NY; $319.5K forgiven Jan 8, 2021
  2. Feb 13, 2021$317.2K PPP loan (second draw) from TD Bank, National Association3To AMERICAN VACUUM SOCIETY INC., New York NY; $319.1K forgiven Sep 21, 2021

Sources

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