{"id":1386,"date":"2025-02-21T14:33:29","date_gmt":"2025-02-21T13:33:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/astrum.netblue.de\/?page_id=1386"},"modified":"2026-08-14T07:27:46","modified_gmt":"2026-08-14T05:27:46","slug":"company-history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.astrum-it.de\/en\/company\/company-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Company History"},"content":{"rendered":"

30 years of ASTRUM IT<\/h3><\/div>

Software experts since 1992<\/h1><\/div>

ASTRUM IT was founded by Walter Greul on October 1, 1992. At that time still located in the Innovation and Start-up Center (IGZ) in Erlangen-Tennenlohe, ASTRUM IT grew over the years and finally moved into its own building at Wolfsmantel 2. 140 employees now work at ASTRUM IT on numerous projects with well-known partners and customers.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

30 years of ASTRUM IT<\/h3><\/div>

Software experts since 1992<\/h1><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

ASTRUM IT was founded by Walter Greul on October 1, 1992. At that time still located in the Innovation and Start-up Center (IGZ) in Erlangen-Tennenlohe, ASTRUM IT grew over the years and finally moved into its own building at Wolfsmantel 2. 140 employees now work at ASTRUM IT on numerous projects with well-known partners and customers.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

Our history<\/h2><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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1992<\/h2><\/div>

Foundation of ASTRUM<\/h3><\/div>

On\u00a01 October 1992<\/strong>, ASTRUM Gesellschaft f\u00fcr angewandte Informatik mbH was founded by Walter Greul in the\u00a0IGZ in Erlangen-Tennenlohe<\/strong>.
\nHis involvement in the Working Group for Security in the Economy gave the then Managing Director the impetus to develop a computerised personnel planning system to replace pencil-and-paper planning. To this day, the company’s focus – customised IT products and services for medical technology and security – has not changed.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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1995 \u2013 1999<\/h2><\/div>

100% certified quality management<\/h3><\/div>

ASTRUM has applied a quality management system in accordance with\u00a0DIN EN ISO 9001<\/strong>\u00a0since 1995 and is certified in the areas of IT consulting services, sales, development and support of software solutions.<\/p>\n

In 1999, ASTRUM became a preferred supplier of software for\u00a0Siemens Healthcare<\/strong>\u00a0– the world’s leading manufacturer of medical technology.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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2000<\/h2><\/div>

Successful training company since 2000<\/h3><\/div>

ASTRUM IT was named a recognised training company by the Nuremberg Chamber of Industry and Commerce in 2000 and has now been training new apprentices for 22 years. We are proud that Julian Seidel received the prestigious award for the\u00a0best Bavarian apprentice in 2017<\/strong>\u00a0in the field of: “Apprenticeship as an IT specialist, specialising in application development”.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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2004 \u2013 2006<\/h2><\/div>

Foundation of ASTRUM IT GmbH<\/h3><\/div>

In 2004, ASTRUM IT GmbH with 80 employees is spun off from ASTRUM, which now already has 180 employees; Gerhard P\u00f6lz buys ASTRUM HR as Managing Director of interflex.
\nJust two years later, ASTRUM IT celebrates its 100th employee.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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2007<\/h2><\/div>

VISIT becomes an independent brand<\/h3><\/div>

Visit.net, the visitor management system developed by ASTRUM IT, is established as a brand. 2019 saw another strategic and sustainable step towards a successful future –\u00a0the renaming to VISIT<\/strong>. Specialists continue to develop VISIT on a daily basis and adapt new features to the individual requirements of customers.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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2009<\/h2><\/div>

Further locations to be added<\/h3><\/div>

In addition to the headquarters at Wolfsmantel 2, two further locations are established. The chamber administration software team finds a new company headquarters in Munich, while the associated project office is positioned in Augsburg.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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2010 \u2013 2011<\/h2><\/div>

Competence member of Medical Valley e.V.<\/h3><\/div>

In 2010, ASTRUM IT becomes a\u00a0member of the “Medical Valley” cluster of excellence\u00a0<\/strong>– an interdisciplinary network of 230 members from business, science, healthcare, networks and politics, with the aim of finding solutions for the healthcare of tomorrow.<\/p>\n

With certification to DIN EN ISO 13485, ASTRUM IT complements the existing ISO 9001 standard with the core requirement of product safety and effectiveness for the design and manufacture of medical devices.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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2015<\/h2><\/div>

Honoured with the Innovation Award<\/h3><\/div>

In 2015, ASTRUM IT is awarded the\u00a0Bavarian Health Telematics Innovation Prize<\/strong>\u00a0by Ilse Aigner, Deputy Bavarian Minister President, for eGaIT.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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2017 \u2013 2019<\/h2><\/div>

25 years of ASTRUM IT<\/h3><\/div>

ASTRUM IT celebrates its anniversary on 1 October 2017. 25 years of concentrated IT power with numerous new customer projects and partnerships that have developed over the past decades. With\u00a0Gerhard P\u00f6lz as managing partner<\/strong>, a successful company succession is secured. A new era – accompanied by BayBG Bayerische Beteiligungsgesellschaft mbH – begins.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0VISIT brand<\/strong>\u00a0becomes a separate\u00a0business unit\u00a0<\/strong>with project sales and professional\u00a0product development<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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2020<\/h2><\/div>

Successful repositioning<\/h3><\/div>

The time has come in mid-2020. ASTRUM IT has successfully completed its repositioning and is delighted to have a strong presence and a new website with a modern design.<\/p>\n

Two research projects are launched in the same year:
\n“ERIK”, a robot platform to support new interaction strategies for children with limited socio-emotional abilities and “CMLB”, a new type of condition monitoring system for damage monitoring of swivelling slewing bearings”, which ASTRUM IT is developing in cooperation with the Georg Simon Ohm Technical University of Nuremberg and the engineering company Eolotec. This is a condition monitoring system based on optical sensors for the rolling bearings of wind turbines.<\/p>\n

Gerhard P\u00f6lz is appointed to the Federal Economic Senate \/ Excellence Committee of the BVMW.<\/p>\n

The agility and flexibility of the company and all employees is demonstrated once again at the start of the coronavirus pandemic. Within two weeks, up to 95% of all employees are working remotely from home.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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2021<\/h2><\/div>

Expansion of the external presence<\/h3><\/div>

ASTRUM IT focuses on new digital communication channels: social media activities, trade fair appearances, partner strategies, intranet and the ASTRUM IT Academy are successfully expanded.<\/p>\n

Well-known customers use VISIT as SaaS (Software as a Service) for the first time and ASTRUM IT is once again recognised as a TOP supplier by Healthineers.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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2022<\/h2><\/div>

30th anniversary<\/h3><\/div>

ASTRUM IT is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year.<\/p>\n

Employee benefits such as a business bike are provided. ASTRUM IT also introduces a company health insurance scheme.<\/p>\n

Certification according to DIN ISO 27001 for information security.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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2023<\/h2><\/div>

New location<\/h3><\/div>

ASTRUM IT is moving to a new location in December 2023. In future, the software expert for digital vitality will have its headquarters at Nordostpark 33 in Nuremberg, just 10 minutes away from its current location in the north of Nuremberg.<\/p>\n

At its new headquarters, ASTRUM IT will offer a contemporary workplace that is technologically and energetically up to date and will enable the values of ASTRUM IT to be continued on the premises.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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2024<\/h2><\/div>

Foundation of the Innovation Hub<\/h3><\/div>

The\u00a0Innovation Hub<\/strong>\u00a0is founded in January. It represents ASTRUM IT’s vision of actively shaping the future of everyday working life in conjunction with modern technology. The focus is primarily on the integration of AI and technological innovation as well as our research projects and individual training programmes.<\/p>\n

The Innovation Hub<\/strong>\u00a0is home to research projects, among other things. We are currently working on four research projects:<\/p>\n

DeltaPro:\u00a0<\/strong>Increasing product and process quality by analysing signal parameters in broadband networks in real time.<\/p>\n

SPARC-Monitor:<\/strong>\u00a0Monitoring the autoregulation of the brain and intracranial compliance in patients in intensive care units.<\/p>\n

FORSocialRobots:\u00a0<\/strong>Development of social robots to be used in various areas such as care and industry to improve interaction with humans.<\/p>\n

LLM-SE:\u00a0<\/strong>Efficient model-based systems engineering (MBSE) through the use of
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-: Development of a secure, energy-efficient and fail-safe communications infrastructure for sustainable and resilient digital networks.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0VISIT brand\u00a0<\/strong>continues its successful vertical alignment<\/strong>. New focus on the\u00a0banking and insurance sector<\/strong>. With the increasing focus on\u00a0KRITIS<\/strong>, VISIT is becoming more and more important for our customers. The digital visitor platform VISIT is the\u00a0first SaaS and hybrid solution on the market<\/strong>.\u00a0International product expansion<\/strong>\u00a0to Scandinavia, Denmark, the Middle East and the USA.<\/p>\n

In addition, the IT company is beginning to track its CO2 emissions<\/strong> and is publishing its first sustainability report<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

ASTRUM IT receives the\u00a0Top Company seal from kununu<\/strong>\u00a0for the fourth year in a row, making it one of the 5 per cent of the best employers on the platform.<\/p>\n

In November, ASTRUM IT moves within\u00a0Munich<\/strong>\u00a0to the office of AKDB, one of the partner companies.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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2025<\/h2><\/div>

Framework agreement with dormakaba<\/h3><\/div>

Another milestone in our company history: In January 2025, ASTRUM IT CEO Gerhard P\u00f6lz, Daniel Tripp, Business Development & Operations Executive ASTRUM IT as well as CCO Steve Bewick and Juan Andres Arias, SVP GIPM ACS of dormakaba International Switzerland sign the framework agreement between ASTRUM IT and dormakarba.<\/p>\n

With immediate effect, we are now a strategic & certified partner of dormakaba Deutschland GmbH and support the dormakarba security portfolio with our visitor and yard management platform.<\/p>\n

In May, ASTRUM IT expands its benefits to include the option of hardware leasing and the interactive company brochure is updated.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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2026<\/h2><\/div>

Top innovator 2026<\/h3><\/div>

ASTRUM IT will be awarded the TOP 100 seal 2026<\/strong> on February 1, 2026. This means we are one of the most innovative medium-sized companies<\/strong> in Germany.<\/p>\n

On behalf of compamedia GmbH, innovation researcher Professor Nikolaus Franke and his team examined five categories in detail: innovation-promoting top management, innovation climate, innovation processes and organization, external orientation\/open innovation, and innovation success<\/strong>. We were particularly impressive in the categories \u201cExternal Orientation & Open Innovation\u201d and \u201cInnovation-Promoting Top Management<\/strong>.\u201d
\nIn the current 33rd round of TOP 100, 356 medium-sized companies applied for the seal. Of these, 282 were successful. A maximum of 100 companies per size category can be awarded.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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