From its modest beginnings more than 50 years ago, Ackermann© has grown into an instrument company well placed to become a market leader in its product fields.
The name of Ackermann© is inseparably linked to surgical technology and remains at the forefront of tomorrow's technological breakthroughs.
The Ackermann© Instrumente Story
With more than five decades of experience in serving the community, Ackermann© is focused and striving towards a perfect environment of medical science and technology.
The medical equipment manufactured by Ackermann© results from a close collaboration between practising surgeons and specialists, working together in concert, to establish the most effective directions for the company's continuous process of development.
Thus, Ackermann© is focused on several international markets and has successfully obtained a range of unique products. In addition to continuous R&D, the company prides itself on an extremely short product to market cycle, which has brought Ackermann© a significant market share in the fast changing area of endotechnology.
Ackermann© - Quality made in Germany
| 1954 | A marvelous story begins – Ackermann© was founded as an OEM producer for ophthalmic and microsurgical instruments with its production soon to reach one of the leading positions in the world market. The founders have been master craftsmen since this time. |
| 1960 | Ackermann© moves to its first own premises in Germany, to Weilheim. |
| 1972 | Ackermann© extends its operation to other fields as well. |
| 1978 | Ackermann© expands the range of products to titanium machined devices. |
| 1988 | Ackermann© enters the market of endoscopy as OEM producer for the well-known marketing organizations in Tuttlingen, Germany. |
| 1992 | Ackermann© sets up a distributing network, reaching all over Europe and is still continuing OEM business in the US market. |
| 1995 | Ackermann© produces the major part of reusable hand instruments for endoscopy of the world market. |
| 2002 | Ackermann© moves to its new international headquarters in Weilheim near Tuttlingen, Germany. |
| 2003 | Ackermann© continues to grow into the market of „resposable“ instrumentation and covers almost any speciality in endoscopy. |
| 2007 | The sales outlet Ackermann© Far East, China is established. 2011 Ackermann Inc. is founded, a distribution outlet in New Jersey, USA. |
