Axilon
Axilon AG is a German engineering and manufacturing company that designs and builds specialized accelerator and X-ray instrumentation, including complete beamlines, mirror systems, monochromators, cooling systems, and microscopes for global scientific institutes operating particle accelerators and synchrotron radiation sources.
- Company typePrivate
- Founded2015
- HeadquartersHürth, Germany
- Headcount11–50
- GTM typeB2B
- OfferingHardware or Manufacturing
What Axilon does
Axilon AG is a privately held German engineering and manufacturing company that designs and builds specialized scientific instrumentation for particle accelerators and synchrotron radiation sources. Established around 2014-2015 and headquartered in Hürth, Germany near Cologne, the company employs between 11 and 50 physicists, engineers, technicians, and commercial staff. Its product portfolio spans complete beamline systems, synchrotron mirror systems, X-ray monochromators, a proprietary closed-loop liquid nitrogen cooling system branded ChillAx, a multifunctional scanning transmission X-ray microscope (STXM), precision sample stages for neutron experiments, and ultra-high vacuum (UHV) limit switches. Axilon delivers both standardized components and fully customized complete instrument solutions, supporting customers from concept through production and final commissioning.
The company's primary customer base consists of worldwide scientific institutes operating particle accelerators and synchrotron radiation sources, with secondary reach into industrial and medical applications requiring precision X-ray and accelerator-based instrumentation. Axilon operates a sales-led, direct B2B go-to-market motion, engaging scientific institutions, national research facilities, and industrial and medical clients through custom project sales rather than resellers or distribution channels. Revenue mechanics are project-based and quote-driven for custom instrumentation, with no publicly disclosed pricing, recurring subscription components, or external institutional investment. The company is currently hiring commercial project management staff to support international operations, and relocated to a larger workshop facility in 2020 to accommodate operational growth.
Axilon firmographics
Firmographics- Name
- Axilon
- Legal name
- Axilon AG
- Website
- https://axilon.de
- Company type
- Private
- Founded year
- 2015
- Operating status
- Operating
- Headcount range
- 11–50 employees
- Short description
- Axilon AG is a German engineering and manufacturing company that designs and builds specialized accelerator and X-ray instrumentation, including complete beamlines, mirror systems, monochromators, cooling systems, and microscopes for global scientific institutes operating particle accelerators and synchrotron radiation sources.
- Ownership category
- akta.pro rank
Axilon industry classification
Industry- Product category
- Scientific Instrumentation (Particle Accelerator and X-Ray)
- NAICS
- Irradiation Apparatus Manufacturing (334517), Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing (334516), Navigational, Measuring, Electromedical, and Control Instruments Manufacturing (33451)
- SIC
- X-Ray Apparatus & Tubes & Related Irradiation Apparatus (3844), Laboratory Analytical Instruments (3826), Optical Instruments & Lenses (3827)
- akta.pro primary industry
- X-ray & Fluoroscopy Systems (HLAHABAA)
- akta.pro secondary industry
- Microscopy, Imaging & Flow Cytometry Instruments (HLAGAIAE)
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Where Axilon is headquartered
LocationHeadquarters
- HQ city
- Hürth
- HQ country
- Germany
- HQ region
- Europe
Offices1 record
Markets served
Axilon business model
Business model- GTM type
- B2B
- Offering type
- Hardware or Manufacturing
- Cost components
- Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure
Revenue model
- Custom Scientific Instrumentation Sales: Axilon designs and builds innovative state-of-the-art instrumentation tailored to customer requirements. They deliver standard or customized stand-alone components as well as complete instrument solutions. The revenue model appears to be project-based custom equipment sales with full lifecycle support from conception through commissioning.
Go-to-market motion1 record
Distribution channels1 record
Marketing channels1 record
Axilon product offering
Product offeringCore offering
Axilon AG designs, builds, and commissions specialized scientific instrumentation for particle accelerators, synchrotron radiation sources, and X-ray applications. The product portfolio covers complete beamlines, synchrotron mirror and monochromator systems, proprietary ChillAx liquid-nitrogen closed-loop cooling units, STXM scanning transmission X-ray microscopes, neutron experimental sample stages, and UHV limit switches, delivered as both standard components and fully customized complete instrument solutions tailored to specific research requirements.
Product overview
Axilon AG provides specialized accelerator and X-ray instrumentation for scientific research, industrial, and medical applications. The product portfolio centers on complete beamline solutions and synchrotron instrumentation, complemented by precision components including mirror systems, monochromators, cooling systems (ChillAx), scanning transmission X-ray microscopes (STXM), sample stages for neutron experiments, and UHV limit switches. The company offers both standard products and customized complete instrument solutions tailored to specific research requirements, supporting customers from conception through production to final commissioning.
Differentiator
Problem solved
Functional benefit
Brands
- ChillAx: Liquid nitrogen closed loop cooling systems for scientific instrumentation
- STXM
- Axilon UHV
Products and services
- Complete Beamlines and Synchrotron Instrumentation End-to-end beamline and synchrotron instrumentation solutions for scientific research facilities operating X-ray and synchrotron radiation sources, providing complete systems from conception through commissioning for worldwide scientific institutes.
- Synchrotron Mirror Systems High-precision mirror systems designed for synchrotron radiation applications, used for beam shaping and focusing within X-ray and synchrotron instrumentation setups.
- X-ray Monochromator Systems Precision monochromator systems that select specific X-ray wavelengths for synchrotron and laboratory X-ray sources, supplied to scientific research facilities.
- ChillAx Liquid Nitrogen Closed-Loop Cooling Systems Proprietary closed-loop liquid nitrogen cooling systems that maintain precise temperatures in X-ray and synchrotron instrumentation for temperature-critical experimental conditions.
- STXM Scanning Transmission X-ray Microscope Multifunctional scanning transmission X-ray microscope for fast spectromicroscopy, enabling high-resolution imaging and spectroscopic analysis of samples at scientific research facilities.
- Sample Stages for Neutron Experimental Setups Precision sample positioning stages engineered for neutron experimental configurations at scientific research facilities, supporting neutron scattering experiments.
- Axilon UHV Limit Switches Ultra-high vacuum limit switches for vacuum-compatible precision position monitoring in scientific instrumentation systems, used in UHV beamline and synchrotron setups.
Companies that use Axilon
Customer profileSegments3 records
Ideal customer profiles3 records
Axilon technology and API
TechnologyTechnology focussed No
API detail
- Has API
- No
- API docs
- API detail
Core technology
AI maturity
App detail
Feature7 records
Axilon partnerships and signals
Strategic signalScale indicators1 record
Recent moves3 records
Expansion highlights3 records
Axilon competitors and assessment
Company assessmentBroad incumbents
- Bruker: Bruker is a large analytical instrument manufacturer offering X-ray diffraction, fluorescence, and microscopy products. It is a broader incumbent in the X-ray analytical instruments space and overlaps with Axilon in serving scientific customers, though not focused on complete beamlines.
- Oxford Instruments: Oxford Instruments manufactures cryogenic systems, scientific instruments, and UHV components for research applications. It serves the same synchrotron and research customer base as Axilon, with overlapping offerings in cryogenics (ChillAx's adjacent space) and analytical instrumentation.
- Rigaku: Rigaku is a major Japanese X-ray analytical instrument maker with products spanning X-ray diffraction, fluorescence, and crystallography. It competes in adjacent X-ray instrumentation categories where Axilon also operates, particularly for research customers.
- Carl Zeiss (X-ray optics / ZEISS Semiconductor Manufacturing Technology): Carl Zeiss supplies high-precision X-ray optics and mirror systems used in synchrotron and semiconductor applications. Its X-ray optics offering overlaps with Axilon's synchrotron mirror systems and beamline instrumentation, though Zeiss is a much broader optics incumbent.
Direct peers
- Huber Diffraktionstechnik: Huber is a German engineering firm specializing in X-ray monochromators, diffractometers, and beamline positioning components for synchrotron and laboratory X-ray sources. Its product focus on monochromators and precision mechanics directly overlaps with Axilon's beamline core offering.
- Excillum: Excillum is a Swedish manufacturer of high-brightness X-ray sources used in both synchrotron beamlines and laboratory X-ray microscopy. Its technology overlaps with Axilon's synchrotron X-ray instrumentation business and targets similar research and industrial customers.
- PREVAC: PREVAC is a European manufacturer of UHV systems, sample manipulators, and complete beamline/synchrotron experimental setups. Its product portfolio and customer base (national research facilities) overlap substantially with Axilon's synchrotron instrumentation line.
- Sigray: Sigray is a US-based developer of laboratory X-ray sources, X-ray microscopes, and spectromicroscopy tools. Its STXM-class microscopy products overlap with Axilon's STXM and synchrotron X-ray instrument portfolio, though primarily targeting laboratory rather than synchrotron settings.
- SPECS GmbH: SPECS is a German-based manufacturer of surface analysis and synchrotron beamline instrumentation, including UHV components and complete endstations. It is one of the closest direct competitors to Axilon in the synchrotron beamline niche, serving similar scientific customer institutes.
- FMB Feinwerk- und Meßtechnik (FMB Oxford): FMB manufactures ultra-high vacuum (UHV) chambers, beamline components, and synchrotron endstation equipment. It competes with Axilon in supplying precision UHV and beamline hardware to scientific research institutes.
Market position
Strengths5 records
Weaknesses5 records
Competitive moat3 records
Key risks5 records
Key highlights5 records
Customer concentration
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Financial estimateRevenue estimate
Valuation estimate
Axilon leadership team
Management profileNumber of profiles
Profiles3 records
Axilon funding detail
Funding detailFunding overview
Funding rounds
Investors
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Axilon M&A and investment
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Investments
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Frequently asked questions about Axilon
What does Axilon do?
Axilon AG designs, builds, and commissions specialized scientific instrumentation for particle accelerators, synchrotron radiation sources, and X-ray applications. The product portfolio covers complete beamlines, synchrotron mirror and monochromator systems, proprietary ChillAx liquid-nitrogen closed-loop cooling units, STXM scanning transmission X-ray microscopes, neutron experimental sample stages, and UHV limit switches, delivered as both standard components and fully customized complete instrument solutions tailored to specific research requirements.
Is Axilon a public or private company?
Axilon is a private company. It is classified as founder individual operated bootstrapped and is currently operating.
When was Axilon founded?
Axilon was founded in 2015. It employs 11 to 50 people.
Where is Axilon based?
Axilon is headquartered in Hürth, Germany, in the Europe region.
How does Axilon make money?
One revenue line is on record: custom Scientific Instrumentation Sales.
Who are Axilon's main competitors?
Broad incumbents on record are Bruker, Oxford Instruments, Rigaku and Carl Zeiss (X-ray optics / ZEISS Semiconductor Manufacturing Technology). Direct peers are Huber Diffraktionstechnik, Excillum, PREVAC, Sigray, SPECS GmbH and FMB Feinwerk- und Meßtechnik (FMB Oxford).
Does Axilon have an API?
No public API is recorded for Axilon.
What industry is Axilon in?
Axilon's product category is Scientific Instrumentation (Particle Accelerator and X-Ray). Its primary akta.pro industry code is HLAHABAA, X-ray & Fluoroscopy Systems, with a secondary code of HLAGAIAE, Microscopy, Imaging & Flow Cytometry Instruments. Its NAICS code is 334517 and its SIC code is 3844.