History – Connected to the traditions of Zeiss and Abbe
Our success story began with former employees of the Zeiss factory Jena founding the company in 1990 – with Thomas Lucas in the lead.
1990 company founding
1993 organization of the manufacture for the construction of mechanical and electronic
components, including assembly of circuit boards
1996 establishment of an international distribution network for circuit boards
1997 extension of production for OEM products and special cables
2000 move into our own company premises in Jena
2002 implementation of the quality-control system according to ISO 9001-2000
2003 conversion to the inventory control system “Navision”
2005 production of the 10.000th pressing furnace for dental materials
2008 establishing the LED-technology business segment
2010 LUCAS exhibit their own product LED-Commander at the Light+Building fair
2010 LUCAS components and partner Opulent exhibit their skills on the topics of PCBs
at the electronica in Munich
2011 first project with own LED-lighting technology
2013 taghelLED® – expertise in LED lighting: sales start of lighting label by LUCAS
2014 newly developed LED lamp „LUCS II“ implemented into serial production
2015 LUCAS is awarded a europe-wide tender over 6000 light spots to be installed in
Jena street lighting
2017 newly developed LED lamp „LUCS eco“ implemented into serial production
2018 LUCAS produces in-house developed switch cabinet LED light with wide range
input power supply
2020 „Quality meets efficiency“ – taghelLED® products prove themselves at more
than 100,000 light spots and over 15 shipping locks