Smart Pure Steam Supply for Industry, Life Sciences, and Medicine Since 1888
Tradition meets innovation! For over 135 years, Lautenschläger has been setting global standards for hygiene in industry, medicine, and laboratories. Our expertise and innovative strength have made us a leading provider of steam generation, disinfection, and sterilization systems—from pharmaceutical applications and the food industry to hospitals, medical practices, and research facilities.
Our strength? Customized system solutions, perfectly tailored to our customers’ technical and economic requirements. For us, tradition does not mean standing still—it is the driving force that keeps us one step ahead and enables us to deliver the highest level of quality. Our headquarters in southern Cologne brings together development, production, service, and project management under one roof. This allows us to ensure optimal support and the highest product standards—from the initial idea through to completion.
Our mission? Excellent service and maximum efficiency. We work in partnership with our customers worldwide, drawing on our comprehensive expertise to support them throughout the entire lifecycle of their systems—so you can focus on what matters most.
The Pillars of our Quality
For over 135 years, F. & M. Lautenschläger has been active in the hygiene and medical technology sectors. Our customers value this experience and expect not only expert advice but also an exceptionally high standard of products and services. Meeting the highest standards of quality, safety, reliability, and integrity is therefore both a commitment and a business challenge for us.
Our quality policy is based on the pillars of safety, expertise, fairness, enthusiasm, and continuous improvement. We want to demonstrate our commitment to quality to the outside world as well. That is why, since the 1990s, we have maintained a quality management system in accordance with EN ISO 9001 and EN ISO 13485, the effectiveness of which is regularly audited by independent bodies and confirmed by certificates. Senior management fully supports and promotes the development of quality management and requires all employees to consistently maintain Lautenschläger’s high standards of quality - both now and in the future - and to actively contribute to further quality improvements.
