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asphericon Company

SPA A25-25 FPX

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asphericon GmbH
Stockholmer Str. 9
07747 Jena

Tel.: +49-(0)3641-3100500
Fax: +49-(0)3641-3100501
info[at]asphericon.com

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History

asphericons' milestones - clear and brief.
   
  • 2012
  • 2011
  • 2010
  • 2009
  • 2008
  • 2007
  • 2006
  • 2005
  • 2004
  • 2003
  • 2002
  • 2001
  • 1999
  • 1997
  • 1995

2012

  • start of the expansion to double the production capacity
  • extension of our SPA™ product range with the new UV lens A25-25 FPX
  • asphericon ION Finish™ technology now enables precision of λ/600 RMS for plane surfaces
  • grows to 70 employees by the end of the year

2011

  • asphericon is celebrating its anniversary – 10 years of ‘making the difference in optics’
  • move into our new company headquarter with about 5.000 sqm
  • technological innovation "asphericon ION-Finish" wins Industry Award 2011 in the category “Optical Technology”
  • asphericon donates two Germany-scholarships for the University of Applied Sciences in Jena
  • grows to 50 employees by the end of the year

2010

  • Launch of asphericon's ION-Finish, an ion-based processing of complex surfaces
  • Offering coating services
  • asphericon welcomes the new sales representative Mr. Masanori Okawa for Japan
  • asphericon receives the IQ-Innovation Prize of the City of Jena
  • Cooperation with Thorlabs strengthened
  • Start of the new optical design department
  • Grows to 40 employees by the end of the year

2009

  • Recertification ISO EN 9001:2000
  • Introduction of the new line asphericon SPA™ UV-grade fused silica
  • Precision aspheres now available starting with 1mm Diameter
  • Extended partnership with Thorlabs
  • Finishing a large investment programm (machinery, measuring instruments)
  • Grows to 35 employees by the end of the year

2008

  • ISO EN 9001:2000 certified
  • Development and marketability of asphericon SPA™ Acylinders certified
  • asphericon successfully finished its investments
  • 35% growth in sales
  • 5 years production of aspheres
  • First trainee adopted, three trainees in apprenticeship
  • Over 250 worldwide customers (optic companies)
  • Grows to 33 employees by the end of the year

2007

  • Webshop for off-the-shelf-optics asphericon SPA™ aspheres and axicons
  • asphericon SPA™ also available in diffraction limited designs
  • asphericon SPA™ also available in longer focal length
  • Electronic package and freight tracking
  • Exclusive partnership with Thorlabs for asphericon SPA™ aspheres
  • Opening of a branch in Pretoria/South Africa with the company Saetra Ltd.
  • Opening of a branch in Israel with the company OR-YAM Optronics Ltd.
  • Over 180 worldwide customers (optic companies)
  • Grows to 30 employees by the end of the year

2006

  • First participation at Photonex in Coventry/UK
  • First manufacturing of aspherical cylinders
  • Purchase of an ultrasonic cleaning system with 10 cleaning tanks
  • Over 12.000 produced aspheres
  • Over 90 worldwide customers (optic companies)
  • Grows to 24 employees by the end of the year

2005

  • First participation at Photonics West in San Jose/California
  • First manufacturing of Off-Axis-Mirrors
  • First participation at Laser in Munich
  • First manufacturing of axicons
  • Relocation of the production facility to a bigger location in Jena
  • Purchase of new, state-of-the-art measurement tools
  • First apprentice for precision optics
  • Opening of a branch in Orlando/Florida with the company AgilTek
  • Over 60 worldwide customers (optic companies)
  • Grows to 18 employees by the end of the year

2004

  • First free form suitable manufacturing of aspheres with a precision below 25nm RMS
  • Expansion of production capacity in Erfurt
  • First participation in a foreign exhibition (Paris)
  • First manufacturing of parabolic reflectors
  • First major order for the production of 14.000 precision aspheres
  • Grows to 11 employees by the end of the year

2003

  • IGB in Magdeburg partly finances ashpericon
  • Participation in BMWI's Futour program
  • Building a aspheres production facility in the TMZ Erfurt
  • First manufacturing of aspheric lenses with aspherical profiles on both sides
  • Manufacturing of aspheres made of titanium and silicon
  • Manufacturing of the first aspheres made of germanium and quartz
  • Grows to 6 employees by the end of the year

2002

  • Lambda technology GmbH changed its corporate name to asphericon GmbH
  • Award winner at the Start-Up-Company competition Hesse-Thuringia in 2002 and participation in 10 best nationwide Start-Up-Companies
  • First participation in the OptaTec in Frankfurt
  • Award winner of the Thuringian Innovation Award in 2002
  • Member of the association OptoNet e.V.
  • Grows to 5 employees by the end of the year

2001

  • Formation of the lambda technology GmbH on May 17th 2001 in Jena with two employees
  • Won the 1st, the 2nd and a special award at the Thuringian Business plan competition

1999

  • Thesis by Sven Kiontke on the conditioning of aspheres

1997

  • Research paper by Sven Kiontke explaining the "Process for handling of rotationally symmetric functional surfaces"
  • First patent application "Process for handling of rotationally symmetric functional surfaces"

1995

  • First studies

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