Leister AG

As part of a general restructuring, !%Leister AG%! of Kaegiswil, Switzerland, has converted Axetris, its microsystems division, into an independent company, Axetris AG. Thomas Hessler, general manager of Axetris, said the company plans to intensify its focus on core competencies in microtechnology, sensing and optics to provide innovative subsystems and components that increase performance, reliability and cost-effectiveness. Axetris serves OEM customers with microtechnology-based infrared light sources for gas sensing, mass-flow meter and controller modules, laser gas detector modules based on tunable diode laser spectrometry, and refractive and diffractive micro-optical components. Its products are used in medical, environmental, telecommunication and automotive applications.