Our history
Foundation of the engineering office InfraTech GbR (partnership) by Dr Heinze and Dr Krauß; preparations for founding a GmbH (limited liability company); the first supplier contract for pyroelectrical detectors is concluded
After its foundation in February, the company InfraTec GmbH Infrarotsensorik und Messtechnik is entered into the Dresden Trade Register on 24 June. Start of business activities, preliminarily on premises rented from the Dresden University of Technology and immediatly after that at the location of TechnologieZentrumDresden in Bergstraße. Compact multicolour detectors of 2 to 4 spectral channels for gas analysis to enter the sensor market available for supply.
Participation in the model test of "Technology-oriented Business Foundation in the New Federal Sates" as good support in developing an efficient technology for the microelectronic manufacture of infrared detectors. Laser Components GmbH, a company in Munich, starts selling InfraTec detectors.
Relocation to larger business premises at the new location of TechnologieZentrumDresden, Gostritzer Straße. Setup of a small complete manufacturing line for pyroelectrical detectors.
The Infrared Measurement Division expands its scope of products and becomes active all over Germany.
Participation of the Infrared Measurement Division in the INTERKAMA, a major international measuring technology fair, in order to start worldwide sales of the company’s own thermography-automation solutions.
Supply of the first automated thermographic system for early fire detection. The Sensor Division has a complete range of pyroelectrical detectors for modern system concepts as well as a replacement for standard products.
Acceptance of the exclusive representation of JENOPTIK thermography systems in Germany. Laser Components Inc. (USA) and Laser Components Ltd. (GB) start actively selling InfraTec detectors.
The first products of a thermography software family are developed under the trademark IRBIS®. Thermally compensated miniature detectors supplement the product range.
InfraTec offers closed solutions for digital real-time thermography, including security applications. The turnover in pyroelectrical detectors abroad exceeds the domestic turnover for the first time.
Sensor engineering production moves into its own additional manufacturing building. Activities regarding multicolour detectors, preferably for gas sensor technology, are bundled under the trademark Pyromid®.
Staff and their families and numerous domestic and foreign business partners jointly celebrate the company’s 10th anniversary on an Elbe-river steamer.
The number of staff exceeds 50. InfraTec supplies automated thermography solutions overseas. Orders received by the Sensor Division from all over the world require substantial extension of the manufacturing capacity.
An increasing turnover in both divisions requires to additionally hire qualified labour. For improving its presence in the Polish thermography market, InfraTec founds a subsidiary there.
The size of staff exceeds 80. The Sensor Division introduces two new product series of highly innovative detectors into the market. Within the framework of a long-term contract, InfraTec becomes the worldwide exclusive (except Northern America and Japan) representative of the thermography system manufacturer JENOPTIK Laser, Optik, Systeme GmbH.
Foundations of subsidiaries in Great Britain and France.
Market launch of the wordwide first mobile microbolometer camera with Mega-Pixel resolution, namely VarioCAM® high resolution.
New active thermographic system PV-LIT for photovoltaics applications. Foundation of a subsidiary in the USA.
Introduction of the newly developed thermographic software family IRBIS® 3, major order for the delivery of 300 VarioVIEW-thermographic systems. Supply of an infrared test system for non-destructive weld seam testing.
The sensor division together with Technical University Chemnitz - ZMT and Fraunhofer IZM Chemnitz receives the SENSOR innovation award for 2008 from the AMA professional association for sensor technology. Awarded is the "MEMS tuneable Fabry-Perot Interferometer for Infrared Absorption Spectroscopy". The subsidiary InfraTec - Infrared Sensor and Measurement Technology Ltd. is founded in Great Britain to care for customers of the sensor division.
Introduction of the second generation of high-end camera series ImageIR®, supply of the wordwide first fully automated infrared system for spot weld testing.
The sensor division receives the Prism Award for Photonics Innovation in the category "Detectors, Sensing, and Imaging Systems" at PHOTONICS WEST for the "MEMS tuneable Fabry-Perot Interferometer for Infrared Absorption Spectroscopy".
