History
1993
Enrico Klauer begins developing reliable, highly efficient cryotherapy products for use in medicine. These purely electrical devices reach temperatures down to –125°C.
1996
![MECOTEC History MECOTEC History](/fileadmin/_processed_/2/0/csm_mecotec_history_637120e55e.jpg)
The first cryochamber goes into operation. Enrico Klauer installs the first electrical two-chamber unit with temperatures down to –110°C in a sanatorium in Bad Saeckingen, southwest Germany.
1998
The company sells 15 cold chambers in one year for the first time, demonstrating the demand for this highly developed technology.
2000
![Crio Medical Technology Crio Medical Technology](/fileadmin/_processed_/1/8/csm_cryo_mecotec_03-1600x1986_d3fc05f1de.jpg)
The cryotherapy division, ‘Crio Medical Technology’, is spun off from the company and MECOTEC is incorporated.
2004
A MECOTEC cryochamber goes into operation in Russia – the company’s first cryochamber to be installed outside Germany.
2006
![MECOTEC Pforzheim MECOTEC Pforzheim](/fileadmin/_processed_/a/6/csm_mecotec_pforzheim_old_2fd5fefaf9.jpg)
Growth continues. MECOTEC is turned into a limited liability company. An in-house production plant is opened in Pforzheim.
2008
The first industrial applications for MECOTEC refrigeration machines are launched.
2011
MECOTEC GmbH receives the Baden-Württemberg Highlight of the Economy award in the Innovations category.
2012
![MECOTEC Bitterfeld MECOTEC Bitterfeld](/fileadmin/_processed_/0/0/csm_mecotec_bitterfeld-1_427128487d.jpg)
MECOTEC expands its cryochamber production by opening a new site in Solar Valley near Bitterfeld.
2013
The firm continues to expand in Solar Valley with total investment reaching €3.2 million. From now on, the plant in Pforzheim concentrates on cryoair cryotherapy devices.
2014
The company expands abroad and enters the French market by opening a branch in Montpellier.
2016
For the first time, more than 40 cryochambers with a total volume of €6.5 million are sold in one year.
Early 2018
![MECOTEC cryo:one MECOTEC cryo:one](/fileadmin/_processed_/e/6/csm_mecotec_cryoones_colored-1600x1000_74e0736a21.jpg)
The 'cryo:one' is launched on the market as a ground-breaking, small-scale cryochamber, making whole-body cryotherapy an option for private users.
Mid-2018
MECOTEC Asia opens in Singapore; several cold chambers are immediately installed in Southeast Asia.
MECOTEC Italia opens in Milan.
End of 2018
MECOTEC builds more than 90 cryochambers for the first time in one year, a new record.
Early 2019
MECOTEC opens a sales office in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
Mid-2019
MECOTEC opens a branch in the USA to handle service and support for North and Central America.
Mid-2020
Acquisition of Coolant.
Since early 2021
![MECOTEC deep cold storage container MECOTEC deep cold storage container](/fileadmin/_processed_/7/6/csm_container_2022_03_9e83275747.jpg)
Production of mobile deep cold store containers for the transport and storage of vaccine.
2022
![MECOTEC MENA at DUBAI ACTIVE 2022](/fileadmin/_processed_/2/0/csm_mecotec-dubai_18ab32d26c.jpg)
MECOTEC opens subsidiary in Dubai to serve the MENA - Region.
May 2023
![Opening MECOTEC CHINA](/fileadmin/_processed_/5/3/csm_mecotec_china_opening_080523_01_62d5aead1e.jpg)
MECOTEC opens subsidiary in China to directly service customers and cryoenthusiats.