Milestones

2018

• Basler acquires Silicon Software GmbH and expands its product portfolio for computer vision applications
• A joint venture with the Chinese distributor Beijing Sanbao Xingye (MVLZ) helps Basler strengthen its presence in the Chinese market
• Basler receives the certification DIN EN ISO 13485:2016 for medical applications
• 30th anniversary of Basler AG

2017

• With the acquisition of mycable GmbH, Basler continues to expand its spectrum of services in the embedded vision market
• Basler adds camera modules and embedded vision applications to its product portfolio

2016

• Basler reacts to the growing trend in 3D by bringing its first 3D camera onto the market: the Basler Time-of-Flight (ToF) Camera
• Basler leaps to the top and becomes the world market leader in digital industrial cameras

2014

• Hardy Mehl is nominated to the Management Board which now consists of four members
• Basler opens a production site in Singapore

2013

• Basler celebrates our 25-year anniversary
• Basler receives Excellence Award by the Chamber of Commerce and Industry for their educational program for apprentices and students

2011

• Nomination of Arndt Bake as Chief Operations Officer
• Certificate for the Hertie Foundation “berufundfamilie” audit
• Founding member of “Beruf und Familie (Career and Family) im HanseBelt”

2010

• Basler doubles camera production capacity
• Basler achieves strategic milestone with over 80% of company wide revenue from industrial cameras
• Basler AG sells Sealing Inspection business to Asentics GmbH & Co. KG
• Basler AG sells Solar Wafer Inspection business to Semilab Zrt

2009

• Basler AG sells Optical Media business to Xiris Automation of Ontario, Canada

2008

• Basler celebrated 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

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. EUR turnover and 5.1 Mio. EUR earnings before tax

2003

• Turnaround with positive net-result for the whole year 2003
• Founding of a new Representative Office in Shanghai

2001

• Founding of Basler Vision Technologies Taiwan Inc. as an independent subsidiary
• 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

1999

• Relocation to the new company headquarters in Ahrensburg
• IPO of Basler shares on March 23rd at the "Neuer Markt" in Frankfurt
• 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

1997

• Founding of Digital Camera business unit

1996

• Founding of Basler Representative Office in Taiwan

1995

• Founding of Basler Asia Pte. Ltd. in Singapore

1994

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

1988

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