The Brand IKON
Originally part of the ZEISS IKON AG company founded in 1926, IKON is ASSA ABLOY’s most successful brand for locking and security technology in Germany. The IKON brand offers state-of-the-art products and solutions at the cutting edge of technology. The brand product range includes high-quality mechanical and mechatronic locking cylinders, auxiliary locks and security devices and door fittings.
History of IKON
| 2021 | Market launch of the first battery-free eCLIQ key "Spark" |
| 2019 | 25th anniversary of ASSA ABLOY Group |
| 2018 | 90 years of patent granting for the "Profile Locking Cylinder with Security Lock" |
| 2017 | Market launch of the CLIQ® Go smart locking system for small businesses and private users as well as the RW6 mechanical reversible key system |
| 2014 | New office Attilastr. |
| 2012 | Opending of the new production hall |
| 2009 | 15th anniversary of ASSA ABLOY Group |
| 2008 | 80th anniversary of the IKON EURO profile cylinder patent |
| 2007 | Market launch of the machtronic locking system +CLIQ |
| 2005 | Fusion of effeff Fritz Fuss GmbH & Co. KGaA and IKON Präzisionstechnik GmbH to form ASSA ABLOY Sicherheitstechnik GmbH |
| 2004 | Integration of traditional German mortise lock and door fitting manufacturers Doerrenhaus and Melchert in IKON organisation |
| 2003 | Transformation of IKON AG into IKON GmbH Präzisionstechnik |
| 2002 | Market launch of the first intelligent mechatronic locking system technology VERSO CLIQ |
| 1994 | Integration into the worldwide operating ASSA ABLOY AB Group, the global leader in door opening solutions |
| 1991 | ZEISS IKON - OPTICS and SECURITY TECHNOLOGY split into separate companies. IKON AG Präzisionstechnik incorporated into ABLOY Security Group (Finnland). |
| 1986 | Market launch of the electronic locking cylinder system IKOTRON® |
| 1980 | 75th anniversary of the Goerz Railway - constructed in 1905 |
| 1972 | Cessation of camera production |
| 1961 | The ZEISS IKON key becomes a trademark and synonym for security and qualitiy |
| 1948 | Reconstrution of Berlin factory - initial production launches wiht safety locks, light fixtures und later cameras |
| 1945 | End of war - losst of works in Dresden, destruction, dismantling and reconstruction of Berlin factories |
| 1937 | 10th anniversary of security lock production in Goerz Factory Berlin |
| 1932 | Major fire in Goerz factory in Zehlendorf |
| 1930 | Product programm: mirro lights, saftey locks, scientific intruments, automatic accounting aperatures, cameras |
| 1928 | Trendsetting invention of the profiled double cylinder (EURO profile cylinder) and the patent registration ushered in a new era in security technology, the age of the so-called security lock |
| 1927 | IKON provides security technology for Germany´s first police consulting branch |
| 1926 | Foundation of ZEISS IKON AG Merger of: - Optische Anstalt C.P. Goerz AG, Berlin - Contessa-Nettel AG, Stuttgart; - Heinrich Ernemann AG, Dresden - Ica AG, Dresden all well known leaders in Germany in the filed of optics. The new company backed by ZEISS IKON foundation to form ZEISS IKON AG, Dresden |
| 1915 | Start of construction on Goerz factory in Berlin-Zehlendorf |
| 1886 | Founding of "Optische Anstalt C.P. Goerz AG" in Berlin - by Carl Paul Goerz (1854-1923) |