User:E. Schnell/dialunox

DIALUNOX operate as a strategic engineering partner for the development of complex measuring devices and as a manufacturer of compact rapid test readers. The company delivers the precise illumination and detection of fluorescence or reflective samples needed across a wide range of measurement parameters. About 80 employees develop, test and manufacture measuring instruments directly at the headquarters in Stockach, near Lake Constance.

History
In 1997 Thomas Wiest and Klaus Haberstroh launched ESE Embedded System Engineering GbR focusing on customized embedded systems, such as the development of an autosampler for Perkin Elmer. One year later, the ESE's UV photometer was introduced at CibaVison in Großwallstadt, Germany for the production of contact lenses. In the same year the company moves to Ludwigshafen/Lake Constance. Thomas Wiest, Klaus Haberstroh and Rainer Kunkel set up ECS Engineering Consulting Services GbR. ESE became the first development partner of NetSilicon in Europe, a company that first introduced a new microprocessor with an integrated webserver. At the turn of the last century ESE Embedded System Engineering GmbH merge with ECS Engineering Consulting Services GbR to ESE Embedded System Engineering GmbH. In 2001 the company developed its first prototype of a miniaturized fluorescence detector. The development of a handheld device for medical diagnostics based on the fluorescence detector. A few years later, ESE moves to Stockach, were they produced first prototypes of a handheld fluorescence photometer for POC applications. In 2004 ESE received the ‘Euregio Innovation Award’ for their miniaturized fluorescence detector. Three years later, the ESE-Quant System, a comprehensive reader system for fluorescence or colorimetric lateral flow tests, was launched. In the following years, the ESE-Quant Tube Scanner for molecular diagnostics was developed. In 2010 the QIAGEN group which is based in Hilden took over ESE and QIAGEN Lake Constance GmbH was created. QLC act now as a Competence Center for Optical Detection within the group and keeps still its independence. Revenue and number of employees continued to grow year on year. Products and technologies were combined to jointly market integrated system solutions. In the further course of the company's history, patents were filed for the temper clamp and the sample container assembly. In 2019 QLC moved to the new company building in the industrial park Blumhof. One year later, in November 2020 QIAGEN Lake Constance GmbH was renamed to the current company name DIALUNOX GmbH.

Product portfolio and application areas

 * OEM instruments supply: Mobile detection systems for point-of-care-testing / point-of-need-testing which are customizable. The Lateral Flow Reader can be used for detection i.e. of antibiotics in milk, drugs in blood or cancer marker. Conversely, the tube scanner with the method of isothermal amplification, detects i.e. influenza, c.diff or food and mouth diseases.
 * Optical detector: Small fluorescence detection unit for POC instruments, industrial or R&D applications.
 * Engineering service: All engineering services are on site with an FDA conform development process.
 * Development service: UV curing systems for production of contact lenses, special projects like an immunoanalyzer for ISS or developing instruments like full integrated POC systems.

== Management ==


 * 1997: Klaus Haberstroh
 * 2010: Klaus Haberstroh, Peer M. Schatz, Roland Sackers
 * 2011: Klaus Haberstroh, Martin Potgeter, Roland Sackers
 * 2014: Jörg Schickedanz, Roland Sackers
 * 2020: Michael Doumanas, Roland Sackers

Weblinks
www.dialunox.com

www.lateralflowreader.com

www.fluorescence-measurement.com