DECTRIS Milestones

2019

#makEMcount: DECTRIS launches QUADRO and ELA, first DECTRIS electron detectors.
CryoEM article with EIGER results becomes the most popular IUCr Journal article ever.
EIGER2 X transferred to production in concerted team effort.
New Roadmap Owner Team makes project planning more efficient.
Over 120 people work at DECTRIS.

2018

First EIGER2 X 16M detectors delivered: two to DLS and one to PSI.
Launch of EIGER2 X CdTe series at the SRI Conference in Taipei.
Micro Electron Diffraction with EIGER among runners-up for Science's Breakthrough of the Year.
EIGER2 R 500K successful in laboratory diffractometers.
Our CEO Christian Brönnimann wins the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year award.

2017

Launch of EIGER2 R 500K and EIGER2 X series at the IUCr Congress 2017 in Hyderabad.
Delivery of custom-designed PILATUS3 X CdTe 2M to PETRA III and APS.
DECTRIS conquers the new world: DECTRIS USA starts operation in Philadelphia.
10,000th PDB entry with PILATUS data.
Winner of the Prix SVC 2017.
DECTRIS welcomes the 100th employee.

2016

DECTRIS celebrates its 10th anniversary!
More than 300 detector systems produced and shipped.
Five EIGER X 16M systems delivered.
The first detectors dedicated to medical applications and industrial imaging are sold.
DECTRIS employs more than 90 people.

2015

Introduction of the EIGER R and X series for laboratory and synchrotron applications.
DECTRIS launches new MYTHEN2 R and X microstrip X-ray detector series.
In November, DECTRIS relocates to its new premises in Täfernhof II.
The staff number rises to 79.

2014

PILATUS 12M-DLS, the largest and most customer-specific in-vacuum detector, is delivered to Diamond Light Source.
Introduction of PILATUS3 R, S, and X detector series and the PILATUS3 X CdTe detectors for hard X-ray applications.
DECTRIS exhibits for the first time at the Annual Meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) in Chicago.

2013

DECTRIS installs two latest generation PILATUS3 detectors at Diamond Light Source.
Delivery of first PILATUS3 200K systems for the laboratory market.
DECTRIS employs more than 50 people.

2012

Introduction of PILATUS3 product family.
Launch of PILATUS 300K 20Hz - the first Hybrid Photon Counting detector designed for laboratory applications.
Delivery of the first customer-specific in-vacuum detector PILATUS 1M-PTB.
MYTHEN 24K system is delivered to Beijing Synchrotron.
DECTRIS employs 44 people.

2011

Six PILATUS 6M detectors delivered to six synchrotrons around the globe.
DECTRIS wins the Aargauer-Unternehmerpreis.
Strong focus on research and development; at least half of the 40 employees are involved in R&D projects.

2010

DECTRIS wins the Swiss-Economic-Award in the High-Tech/Bio-Tech category.
Delivery of the first MYTHEN 6K detector system to Diamond Light Source.
Fastest growth in its short history: 34 employees.

2009

Delivery of the first PILATUS 6M detector.
Breakthrough in large-scale production of pixel detectors. DECTRIS delivers 70 systems worldwide.
DECTRIS has 20 employees.

2008

First large-area detector system is delivered to Diamond Light Source, UK.
Introduction of the MYTHEN detector; delivery of first unit at year’s end.
DECTRIS moves to its new premises in Baden and has 12 employees.

2007

First delivery of a PILATUS 100K detector.
Delivery and installation of eight additional systems.
First supply agreement with Rigaku signed.
DECTRIS is a finalist of the Swiss Technology Award.
By year’s end, DECTRIS has six full-time employees.

2006

Sept. 28, 2006
DECTRIS is founded by
Ch. Brönnimann, E. F. Eikenberry,
M. Näf and P. Salficky.