History

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.
2018		Axetris is celebrating 20 years of experience in micro-optics and gas sensing solutions. Read more.