Development of the GKE SEAL Tests
New GKE Logo and establishment of online training courses & seminars
Optimization of SCBI production
Development of the AC SCBIs
Several new products and international patents
Development of a VHPO resistometer
Expansion of cleaning process monitoring indicator marketing,
Third party sales to 3 companies
Expansion of the biological and chemical indicator production in the new buildings
Construction of new production, laboratory and office buildings with 10,000 m²
Development and production of instant SCBIs
Global introduction of cleaning process monitoring indicators for washer-disinfectors, ultrasonic baths and bedpan washers
Opening of a sales office in Beijing, China
Development of cleaning process indicators and the first cleaning test method in Germany to compare washer-disinfectors in a reproducible way
Optimizing the production of biological indicators
Development and market launch of the world's first load-related test systems (GKE Tattoo-BMS, GKE Dental-BMS)
Conversion of the production of chemical indicators to rational area printing
Extension of further storage space, so that now almost 4000 m² of space is available for storage, production, development and administration.
Extension of the printing machine to UV flexo and rotary screen printing and further development of all indicator colors with UV-curing binders and adaptation to the new EN ISO 11140 series of standards.
Development and introduction of a patented process challenge device concept, the Compact-PCD® for use as a BDS test and as a batch monitoring system
Installation of a rotary printing machine for the production of GKE indicators and other printed products
New construction of the second company building for production
New construction of the company building for production, development and administration
Services:
In-house production of the entire product range of sterilization monitoring and documentation materials
Abandonment of the sale of packaging materials, modular systems and third-party indicators
Production of the first GKE chemical indicator
Founding of the company
Planning of sterilization and surgical departments in hospitals with production and sale of stainless steel modular systems and sale of sterilization consumables