Meilensteine

1946

Founding of Gebrüder Lüscher KG in Obstalden, Canton of Glarus, Switzerland.

Manufacturing of offset centrifuges, vacuum frames, and exposure lamps for the graphic industry in Switzerland.

1950

Market entry in the textile prepress field with a new machine for the production of textile printing screens for the world market.

1995

Launch of JetScreen DX round for the filmless production of rotary screens.

1995

Market entry in the security printing business, establishing a successful partnership with the world’s leading security printer KBA-NotaSys SA. They have been serving the banknote printing market under their own name and their own machine design as exclusive CToP partner for Lüscher CtP systems.

1998

Launch of XPose! Thermal. The patented inside drum imagesetter was a pioneering achievement in the Computer-to-Plate field and a global novelty for the Graphic Arts Industry.

2003

Cooperation with Orell Füssli Security Printing Ltd., Zürich, Switzerland, one of the oldest security printers worldwide, for the production of the new Swiss Passport.

2007

Launch of XPose! UV. Further development of XPose! for the label and packaging printing industry.

2009

Launch of XPose! Flex. Another new product of the XPose! family with unique hybrid technology.

2010

Launch of the unique flatbed imagesetter MultiDX!. The all-rounder, allowing imaging of five different plate types in one machine.

2012

Launch of XDrum! UV. The outside drum imagesetter, developed in cooperation with Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG, combines two state-of-the-art technologies with UV technology.

2013

Integration into the Heliograph Holding and change of domicile to Bleienbach, Canton of Bern, Switzerland.

2016

Launch of XPose! Secure^Line. Built for Maximum Precision.

Launch of XPose! Flex^Line. The Revolution in Digital Flexo Plate Making.

Launch of MultiDX! 320. The All-Rounder for High Demands.

2017

Launch of JetScreen! LT. High Tech CtS System with UV Lasers for Large Formats.

2019

Successful Installation of the first JetScreen! LT CtS System at Serilith AG Ballwil / Switzerland.

2020

Change of domicile to Oftringen, Canton of Aargau, Switzerland.

2022

The very first installation of a JetScreen! LT round machine in Italy.

2022

Launch of the world`s first ultra-compact computer-to-screen system JetScreen! CS for the high-end production of screen printing stencils. 

2023

Fujifilm Announces Partnership with Lüscher Technologies AG to Supply CTP Devices.

2023

Lüscher`s company anniversary