History of Axetris AG
| 1998 | First Steps |
First activities of Leister in the area of Microsystems started with the acquisition of Swiss Start-up Lemantech SA. |
| 1999 |
Own MEMS Foundry |
Leister Microsystems builds its own MEMS foundry to manufacture thermal mass flow sensors and micro-optical components. |
| 2001 |
First optical Products |
First micro-optical products are shipped. |
| 2002 |
Sales & Service Center USA |
Leister Microsystems starts sales activities in the USA (under Leister Technologies LLC) |
| 2004 |
First IRS Products |
Electrically modulated infrared source for gas sensors. |
| 2005 |
8“ MEMS Foundry Extension |
Extension of the internal MEMS Foundry to 200 mm wafer fabrication. |
| 2007 |
Acquisition of IR Microsystems SA |
Leister acquires Lausanne based Swiss sensor company IR Microsystems SA, an innovative supplier of diode laser based gas detection modules, to expand its activities in micro-systems technology. |
| 2010 |
Integration of IR Microsystems into Axetris |
All former activities of IR Microsystems, previously based in Lausanne/Switzerland, have been successfully integrated into the operations of its Axetris division. |
| 2011 |
Sales & Service Center Japan |
Axetris expands its sales network and starts local sales activities in Japan (under Leister Technologies KK) |
| 2011 |
Clean room extension for gas sensor manufacturing |
Axetris moves the production of MFD and LGD OEM modules to a new assembly area, and extends its cleanroom manufacturing facility. More than 1,000 m2 of cleanroom manufacturing are fully operational. |
| 2011 |
Sales & Service Center China |
Axetris starts sales activities in China (under Leister Technologies Ltd) |
| 2011 |
Axetris becomes a Company |
“Axetris - A Division of Leister” becomes “Axetris AG - A Company of the Leister Group”. Axetris will sell and market only under the brand AXETRIS. |
| 2013 |
Golden Gas Award |
Axetris’s Laser Gas Analyzer OEM Module LGD F200 wins a gas award. |
| 2016 | Supplier of the Year | Axetris is awarded „Supplier of the Year” Award from Lumentum, the highest honor for suppliers to Lumentum – the market-leading manufacturer of photonic components for telecom Networks. |
| 2016 | Reneval of the ISO Certification | Axetris renews its ISO certification according to ISO 9001:2015. See Certificate. |
| 2016 | Extension of MFD range | Axetris launches an extension to its range of high-performance mass flow meters and controllers. The MFD Plus is launched in parallel at Analytica (Germany) and Sensor+Test (Germany) in May 2016. |
| 2016 | New Platform 2 of LGD products | Axetris announces the new Platform 2 to its successful F200 line of laser gas detection products – the new platform is launched under the tagline “More Possibiliites” at Sensor+Test (Germany) and at CEM (Portugal) in May 2016. |
| 2017 | High investments in the infrastructure | Axetris AG will double its production capacity. The investments in the infrastructure for the clean rooms and production equipment amount to around 10 million Swiss francs. Read more. |
