Next-gen Automation

We connect the digital with the real world in production. As pioneers in software-defined manufacturing, we develop scalable and modular automation solutions. They are based on IT-OT convergence, data permeability and digital twins.
With technologies and consulting, we lead production into the next generation of Industry 4.0, ensure process optimization and increase flexibility and efficiency.

Ascon Systems about us

Numbers, Data Facts

Important milestones at a glance

Facts and Figures about Ascon Systems

Our Values

We’re living the Future of Production

Run your factory like a data center and break free from the rigid processes of traditional production systems and heterogeneous system landscapes.

We are a medium-sized deep tech company with a startup mentality and entrepreneurial spirit. In recent years, we have established ourselves as a market leader in a niche and we are constantly developing new solutions with which we want to optimize and even revolutionize the future of manufacturing.
This is only possible with a strong team that is willing to think and act outside the box. We have experts from different disciplines such as IT, data science, marketing and business development working together on projects across departments.

Our leadership team

Meet our
visionaries

Jens Müller

Chief Executive Officer

Uwe Reumuth

Chief Financial Officer

Alexander von Klein

Alexander von Klein

Chief Business Development Officer

Jan-Henry Ohlert

Chief Technology Officer

Kilian Grefen

Kilian Grefen

Chief Innovation Officer

Markus Knaup

Chief Product Officer

Michael Gänsler

Chief Development Officer

Thomas Binnenböse

Thomas Binnenböse

Chief Customer Officer

Annette Gänsler

Annette Gänsler

Head of People & Culture

Christof Stadler

Christof Stadler

Director Twin Development

Dorothea Küttner

Dorothea Küttner

Head of Model Factory

Michael Polaczy

Head of Marketing

Oliver Browa

Oliver Browa

Director Customer Success

Rebecca Hecht

Vice President Sales

Sophia Neusteuer

Head of Transformation & CEO Office

Stefan Lengle

Head of Accounting & Controlling

Dr. Steven Vettermann

Thought Leader

Tilo Geisel

Head of Technical Sales

Want to join the team?

See Careers

Our advisory board

Meet our
visionaries

Dr. Markus Flik

Chairman of the Advisory Board (CoB) Ascon Systems, additional roles: Supervisory Board Member Trumpf, Festo, former CEO Chiron & Homag

Dr. Elmar Degenhart

former CEO Continental, former President Schaeffler Automotive

Felix Burgdorf

Co-Founder & Managing Director at BBA CapitalPartners

Harald Fuchs

CEO HF–Business Consulting, former CFO Ascon Systems, additional roles: Supervisory Board Member Ambibox, DIAK

Michael Ouissi

COO IFS, former roles at Software AG

Dr. Raimund Menges

Co-Founder, former CEO Ascon Systems

Trust & Security

TISAX (Trusted Information Security Assessment Exchange) certified

With TISAX (Trusted Information Security Assessment Exchange), the ENX Association supports the joint acceptance of information security assessments in the automotive industry on behalf of the VDA. The TISAX assessments are carried out by Tisax assessment service providers who demonstrate their qualifications at regular intervals. TISAX and TISAX test results are not intended for the general public.

ASCon Systems Holding GmbH attaches great importance to the confidentiality, availability and integrity of information. We have taken extensive measures to protect sensitive and confidential information. We therefore follow the information security questionnaire of the Association of the Automotive Industry (VDA ISA). The result can only be accessed via the ENX portal:
TISAX assessment results

TISAX

Industry recognition

Don’t just take our word for it!

Dr.-Rudolf-Eberle-Preis 2020 Winner

This regional award honors unconventional ideas for innovative products, processes or services. Our digital twin technology, with its context-based real-time behavioral model for the synchronization of product development, planning and production, was recognized in 2020.

EY Entrepreneur of the Year 2020

This global competition is one of the world’s most prestigious entrepreneurial awards.In 2020, we were recognized in the “Young Companies” category for significantly simplifying the introduction and operation of Industry 4.0 with a digital twin.

CyberOne Hightech Awards 2019

This award is the central innovative business competition for the high-tech industry in Baden-Württemberg. In 2019, we were awarded first prize in the category “Industrial Technologies” for turning “big data” into “smart data”.

Top 50 Start-Ups 2020

We achieved the #4 ranking in the 2020 Top 50 Start-Ups, recognizing our speed and innovation as an essential requirement for start-ups.

DeepTech4Good 2019 Winner

DeepTech4Good is committed to help tech startups accelerate their development and scale up at a European level. We were recognized in 2019 in the category “Industry 4.0” for our digital twin technology that breaks down the physical to digital wall, thus enabling Industry 4.0.

Gartner Cool Vendor 2018

The analysts at Gartner recognized us and our digital twin technology in a global selection of four “Cool Vendors 2018” for the topic “Digitalisation through Industry 4.0”.