Nanogate: Our Vision

REINVENTING THE POSSIBLEWe believe that the world that touches us can always be improved and that future possibility are also determined by the power of human curiosity.

Our vision is to be a technology leader, whose products and designs are seen, felt and touched by the consumer every day and everywhere. From the door of the fridge in your kitchen, the sink in your bathroom, to the interior or exterior of the car you drive to work – we enable the products that our customers make, look better, last longer, be lighter to reduce energy consumption or be more intuitive due to the integration of electronics.

With expertise and technology from Nanogate

electronics, multifunctionality and high-quality design are combined.
surfaces are given new properties and additional functions.
plastics are put to use in ground-breaking areas of application.
products are given environmentally friendly properties.

We create value. For our customers, our shareholders, our employees and for the environment and society.

MILESTONES

Startup

4 Employees

The company begins operating as a spin-off of the Leibnitz Institute for New Materials, Saarbrücken.

Initial public offering

45 Employees

Successful IPO in Entry Standard (today Scale).

Business volume doubled

58 Employees

Sales double to over 10 million euros in two years.
Launch of the NEXT (Nanogate EXtended Track) strategy programme.

New company domicile

68 Employees

New location in Göttelborn (Saarland) with modern research and production facilities.

Innovation offensive launched.

75 Employees

Start of an extensive innovation offensive for new high-performance solutions.

Systematic growth

124 Employees

Majority stake acquired in GfO Gesellschaft für Oberflächentechnik GmbH. (today Nanogate GfO Systems GmbH).

Integrated systems growing together

234 Employees

Takeover of the Dutch Eurogard B.V. (today Nanogate Neterherlands B.V.).
Awarded the Sustained Excellence Award of the Deloitte Technology Fast 50 Award.

A world of new surfaces

243 Employees

With the slogan "A world of new surfaces" the Nanogate Group underscores our promise
to our customers to always offer systems with added value as part of our innovation partnerships
and to enhance their products or processes to help them cut costs and protect the environment.

New Horizons

357 Employees

Sales target exceeded with 53 million euros. Stakes in Plastic-Design and GfO increased.
Nanogate Glazing Systems B.V. established.

Phase5

474 Employees

Start of the strategic growth program Phase5. Acquisition of Vogler GmbH.
Start of creation of a new platform for the multifunctional metallization of surfaces.

New Dimension

586 Employees

Sales growth of over 70 percent from 2013 to 2015. Nanogate has been awarded
“Entrepreneur of the Year 2015” at auditors Ernst & Young’s prestigious business awards.

Achieving New Goals Together