20 Years Asclepion

20 years of success story – Asclepion Laser Technologies celebrates new milestone with event character

Asclepion celebrates 20th company anniversary – 20 years of innovation, progress and success – Employees celebrate a week in-house with various challenges – Family & Friends Day on 16 June 2023 – Asclepion opens its doors and offers many event highlights – Asclepion museum, company rally and live music are well received – Asclepion’s company history dates back to 1977

20 years of innovation, progress and success – Asclepion Laser Technologies GmbH celebrated its 20 years of affiliation with the world-renowned laser group El.En Group last month. Although Asclepion’s company history dates back to 1977, the foundation for the company’s breakthrough was laid in 2003: The name “Asclepion Laser Technologies” was born and with it many innovative ideas in production, design and technology.

Today, customers in over 70 countries trust the Made-in-Germany technology and confirm Asclepion’s distinction as TOP 100 of the most innovative medium-sized companies in Germany. For the company’s anniversary, the company planned a week full of teambuilding and fun for all employees and crowned the anniversary week on 16 June 2023 with the “Family & Friends Day”, where close members of the team were allowed to get a very special insight into Asclepion’s headquarters in Jena.

A day full of highlights: The “Family & Friends Day

The company sees itself as a close-knit union between team members, leaders, the parent company El.En. Group and its two sister companies Quanta and Deka – like one big family. For this family, Luise Zimmermann, Marketing Specialist at Asclepion and head of the anniversary week, thought of one or two highlights during the week of 12 – 16 June. “There should be something for everyone,” says Zimmermann. Therefore, in addition to puzzle days and sports challenges, there were also creative tasks that the staff could solve together over the week. This was an ideal way to get in the mood for the final day of the anniversary week, the Family & Friends Day. For this, Asclepion invited all family members as well as friends of the team to get to know Asclepion from a new perspective: from live music to an Asclepion museum, company rally, insights into laser production to children’s programme and regional treats and fundraising activities, a day with an all-round carefree package was provided. “Just the way we approach our product range. Something for everyone, all inclusive in a 360-degree carefree package,” says a delighted Thomas Unger, COO & CMO of the successful laser manufacturing company.

20 years of cohesion

What impressed the company, its employees and friends and family who visited on Family & Friends Day the most was the sense of cohesion throughout the company. “It is impressive to walk through the Asclepion Museum and not only discover the company history, but also feel the drive for innovation and progress,” says Philipp Kaufmann, Marketing Specialist and with Asclepion for more than 3 years now. “This calls for cohesion. A cohesion that you certainly felt back then, but can definitely still grasp in the company today.” The “Asclepion Rally” also received great praise. It led through the company with various audio-visual stations and gave insights into development and production, manufacturing, training rooms as well as fitness and recreation areas, which Asclepion recently had renovated for its employees.

A new era: How Asclepion became Asclepion

Although the foundation for Asclepion as it exists today was laid 20 years ago with the merger of the El.En. Group, the company’s enthusiasm for lasers, its experience and its history go back much further. In 1977, today’s company was founded under a different name in Heroldsberg and shortly afterwards was already operating with its own product range as a renowned laser company with direct sales in Germany. In the 1990s, the company positioned itself in Optical Valley Jena and collaborated for some time with the world-renowned optics company Jenoptik. “Our history makes us proud,” explains Unger. “From the beginning, the will for true laser innovation, good mergers with equally successful like-minded people and a success story that we still want to continue writing piece by piece today.”