About us
The people behind the machines
AIXEMTEC is a close-knit engineering team in Herzogenrath near Aachen — and a proud part of the Schunk Group.
Our story
From research to series production
We come from the photonics research of the Aachen region and have made it our mission to make high-precision active alignment industrially scalable.
Today, over 50 colleagues build machines that run in photonics production worldwide — backed by the Schunk Group.
Milestones
Our path
Founded
AIXEMTEC emerges from Aachen’s photonics research — with the mission to industrialise alignment.
Established
First turnkey machines for transceiver and camera assembly go into field worldwide.
Scaled
AIXEMTEC becomes part of the Schunk Group — more innovation power, global reach, financial stability.
Pioneering
Over 50 colleagues in Herzogenrath build the fastest assembly & test machines in photonics.
Parts of the Team
Get to know us
Sebastian Haag
CEO & Co-founder
Sebastian Sauer
CTO & Co-founder
Tobias Müller
CCO & Co-founder
Felix Drews
Managing Director
Max Hoeren
Head of Engineering
Arne Bentfeldt
Head of Sales
Marcus Ahlbäumer
Head of Operations
Andreas Graf
Team Manager Mechanical Engineering
Paul Pstragowski
Team Manager Automation
Dennis Fuchs
Team Manager Machine Electrical Engineering
Marc Rodier
Team Manager Machine & Module Production
Johannes Schönberger
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