1896

Foundation of the company G. Laubscher & Co., based in Basle, to manufacture instruments and distribute medical devices

1945

Transformation of the the private limited partnership to the limited company Laubscher & Co. AG, registered in Basle

1962

Max R. Laubscher takes over the company and is named CEO

1991

Relocation of the company to Hoelstein, next to Basle

1998

Certification according to ISO 9001 and ISO 13488 (today 13485)

2000

Robert Laubscher-Vogt takes over the company and is named CEO

2001

30.01.2001 † Prof. Dr. med. Werner Hügin (83), eminent physician, pioneer in the field of anaesthesiology, where he was the first Swiss to habilitate; from 1963 to 1978 chief physician of the Institute of Anaesthesiology and extraordinary professor at the medical faculty of the University of Basel, initiator and founder of the independent Swiss Society of Anaesthesiology, which has existed since 1952. (baslerstadtbuch.ch)

Prof. Dr. med. Werner Hügin was instrumental in the development of the "Basel double blocker", a safe tourniquet for intravenous regional anaesthesia (IVRA) (1st clinical model 1977).

2013

Certification according to ISO 14001

2019

Certification according to ISO 45001