Company
Milestones
2010
Basler doubles camera production capacity
Basler AG sells Solar Wafer Inspection business to Semilab Zrt.

2009
Basler AG progresses with strategic focusing by selling the intellectual property and all assets associated with the Optical Media business of Basler AG to Xiris Automation of Ontario, Canada.

2008
Basler is celebrating our 20th anniversary. We take great pride in serving our customers for two decades
Basler enters European and US IP camera markets

2006
Opening of a Service and Sales Office in Japan

2005
Opening of a Service and Sales Office in Korea
Nomination of John P. Jennings as Chief Commercial Officer, Chief Operations Officer Axel Dancker leaves the company

2004
Basler wins innovation prize of the DIHK (Association of German Chambers of Commerce and Industry)for an inspection system for use in the manufacturing of flat display screens
Record financial Year with 52.3 Mio. € turnover and 5.1 Mio. € earnings before tax

2003
Turnaround with positive net-result for the whole year 2003
Conclusion of a participation agreement (dormant partnership) with Gesellschaft für Wagniskapital Mittelständische Beteiligungsgesellschaft Schleswig Holstein GmbH, Kiel.
Founding of a new Representative Office in Shanghai

2001
Founding of Basler Vision Technologies Taiwan Inc. as an independent subsidiary
Designation of Peter Krumhoff as Chief Finance Officer and Axel Dancker as Chief Operations Officer
Sale of activities of Photobit Corp., transfer of strategic alliance to the buyer, Micron Technology Inc.

2000
New Chief Executive Officer Dr. Dietmar Ley succeeds Norbert Basler, who resigned due to serious health reasons

1999
Relocation to the new company headquarters in Ahrensburg
IPO of Basler shares on March 23rd at the "Neuer Markt" in Frankfurt
Introduction of Web Inspection business unit, which specializes in the inspection of web based manufactured products (plastic, paper and more)
Entry into a strategic alliance with the California based Photobit Corporation, one of the world's leaders in CMOS image sensor technology

1998
Construction of new company building in Ahrensburg near Hamburg, Germany
Founding of Display Inspection business unit

1997
Founding of Machine Vision Components business unit

1996
Founding of Basler Representative Office in Taiwan
Founding of Optical Media Inspection and Sealing Inspection business units

1995
Founding of Basler Asia Pte. Ltd. in Singapore

1994
Founding of Basler, Inc. in Malvern, PA, USA

1989
Project business with customer-specific machine vision systems

1988
Founding of Basler in Lübeck, Germany by Norbert Basler and Stefan Berendsen


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