IST is growing: Sensor technology specialist from the SGBA inaugurates annex of its headquarters in Ebnat-Kappel
18.07.2019

IST is growing: Sensor technology specialist from the SGBA inaugurates annex of its headquarters in Ebnat-Kappel

Physical, chemical and biological sensors, used in applications from thermostats to space travel – they constitute the core business of IST AG. The high demand for customized sensors is responsible for fast-paced corporate growth of the precision technology company which is situatedin Ebnat-Kappel in the canton of St.Gallen. Since the opening of their headquarters six years ago, production and office spaces have doubled. As did the number of employees (currently at 200) according to IST AG’s CEO Mirko Lehmann. And that’s why just this past May,Innovative Sensor Technology AG was able to celebrate the inauguration of its urgently needed annex in the St.GallenBodenseeArea (SGBA).

According to Lehmann, there are two main reasons for IST AG’s recent growth and business success: First, the substantial increase of incoming orders leading to „unbelievable growth“, which has currently plateaued at a sustainable „fair level“. The second driver of IST AG’s business performance is a strategic shift from not only offering standard products towards developing customized solutions for individual clients. „We visit customers with pencil and drawing board instead of bringing a catalogue “, Lehmann says. This has proven successful for IST AG in international markets too, where the company is present with sales operations in Las Vegas and Shanghai as well as in the Czech Republic where IST AG runs  another production site.

Its international expansion efforts notwithstanding, the new extension building of IST AG’s headquarters in the heart of the SGBA area is also a testimony for how deeply rooted the company is in the region. The company was founded here in 1991, in the SGBA’s town of Wattwil. Ebnat-Kappel was the site where the company’s upswing began after opening its headquarters here in 2013.

For more information, please visit the company’s website at: https://www.ist-ag.com/en/about-us