Company History
| 1979 | Start of the core business "automatic test" (ATE) |
| 1982 | Founded in Bremen by Hans-Otto Schneider as today oldest company with in field of ATE |
| 1985 | Investment in and introduction to in-circuit test and teh building of vacuum fixtures |
| 1988 | Investment in and introduction to real-time simulation of test programs for electronic devices as the first test house europe-wide |
| 1989 | Development of function and in-circuit test routines on High Performance-combination test systems by Genrad |
| 1990 | New business premises in the technology park University Bremen |
| 1992 | New products in the field of image processing as well as development and manufacturing of measuring systems and test systems |
| 1994 | Launch of the optical inspection system "LaserVision" |
| 1995 | Introduction to the field of "power adaption" and investigation in the necessary automatic test systems, TSAP by Rohde&Schwarz |
| 1997 | Launch of the "Boundary Scan Pattern Generator" for ATE systems |
| 2000 | Launch of the new AOI system "LaserVisionIII" Development and production of customized function test systems based on PXI/cPCI technology |
| 2001 | Establishing of own distribution channels with sales representatives abroad |
| 2002 | TÜV certification 20th company anniversary Launch of "CombiVision", optical and electronic inspection in one device |
| 2003 | Death of the company founder Hans-Otto Schneider and succession by the longime staff members Andreas Menge and Ronald Block |
| 2004 | Launch of the new AOI system "LaserVison 4" and the tabletop AOI system "LVCompact" |
| 2005 | Partnership with the in-circuit test system manufacturer Digitaltest Launch of the new AOI system "LaserVison 5" |
| 2006 | Partnership with TEMENTO Systems in the field of BoundaryScan Launch of the new tabletop AOI system "LVCompact 2" |
| 2007 | 25 Years Prueftechnik Schneider & Koch |
| 2008 | Launch of the tabletop AOI systems "LVCompact 3" and "LaserVision 6" with color camera and telecentric lenses Restructuring of the sales department Takeover of the sector testsystems of INGUN |