Autisme Luxembourg asbl

What Autisme Luxembourg asbl does

Autisme Luxembourg asbl is a non-profit association (association sans but lucratif) registered in Luxembourg, founded in 1981 and headquartered at 1, rue Jos Seyler, Beckerich. Its mission is the vocational integration and supported living of adults with autism, particularly individuals with Asperger's Syndrome, delivered through an ecosystem of 11 specialized workshops (Céramique, Cuisine, Confiserie, Couture, Imprimerie, Papier, Jardinage, Back-Office, Info-Média, Buanderie, Laser-Tec) plus residential housing (Foyer/logement encadré), supported independent living (SIA), and professional integration services (SFP/CDJ).

The workshops function both as vocational training environments and as commercial production units, producing artisanal confectionery from two Biolabel-certified organic orchards, upcycled textile goods from recovered materials, hand-made recycled paper products, digital prints and laser-engraved items, plus back-office services including electronic document management with OCR/indexing, digitization of legacy media (video cassettes, film reels, photos), and professional laundry for sports clubs and businesses. The Info-Média atelier, established in 2017 with co-funding from the European Social Fund and the Luxembourg Ministry of Work, Employment and Social Economy, additionally develops digital publications (the 'Konterbont' electronic newspaper in Luxembourgish) and educational applications in partnership with LOD (Lëtzebuerger Online Dictionnaire).

The operating model combines non-dilutive public funding (ESF, ministry grants) with diversified, transactional revenue from B2C e-commerce (47+ product SKUs across sewing, baby, gift, and food categories), on-site take-away catering (€7.50 meals), and B2B services (laundry, printing, laser engraving, document digitization) supplied to sports clubs, local SMBs/associations, and government/municipal archives (named clients include ARNu, commune de Mertzig, and Digital Archiv Préizerdaul). With 23 staff and single-country domestic operations, the organization runs a small-scale, multi-line sheltered-employment enterprise rather than a high-growth commercial venture.

Name

Autisme Luxembourg asbl

Legal name

Autisme Luxembourg asbl

Website

https://autisme.lu

Company type

Private

Founded year

2017

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Autisme Luxembourg asbl is a Luxembourg non-profit founded in 1981 that delivers vocational integration, supported housing, and professional services for adults with autism through 11 specialized workshops (confectionery, couture, printing, laser engraving, digitization, laundry, and others) producing artisanal goods and B2B services for local consumers, SMBs, and government archives.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Disability Support Services

NAICS

Vocational Rehabilitation Services (6243), Educational Support Services (611710), Residential Intellectual and Developmental Disability Facilities (62321)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Autism-Specific Schools & Programs (EDAKAAAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

Autism Classroom & School Program Support (Inclusion/Resource) (EDAKAKAC)

Keywords

• Sheltered employment services
• Vocational training workshops
• Supported independent living
• Autism support services
• Artisanal confectionery production

Headquarters

HQ city

Beckerich

HQ country

Luxembourg

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. Handmade Product Sales: Sale of artisanal sewing/craft products including bags, pencil cases, baby items, games, and upcycled items made from materials like coffee sacks, mattress foam, and trampoline covers. E-commerce sales through own website.
2. Artisanal Confectionery: Production and sale of jams, jellies, compotes, fruit bars, and gummies with high fruit content. Products use fruits from own certified organic orchards.
3. Professional Laundry Services: Laundry services for sports clubs, businesses, associations, and individuals using professional washing machines. Services include washing of sports jerseys, work clothing, and specific laundry needs.
4. Printing Services: Digital printing services including flyers, brochures, booklets, posters, business cards, letterhead, envelopes, labels, and copy binding services up to A3 format.
5. Laser Engraving Services: Custom laser engraving and cutting on various materials for communication supports, packaging, graphics, and personalized objects. Services include gadgets, corporate gifts, medal/trophy engraving, model cutting, signage, keychains, and event plaques.
6. Catering/Take-Away: Hot meal take-away service operating 11:30-13:00. Offers complete meals at €7.50 and various sandwiches daily.
7. Document Digitization Services: Electronic document management, scanning, OCR, indexing, data entry, mailing management, and database management services. Also converts video cassettes and film reels to digital format with pricing based on format and duration.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Autisme Luxembourg asbl operates a sheltered employment and support services program for adults with autism through 11 vocational workshops producing and selling artisanal goods (jams, sewn items, recycled paper, ceramics, organic fruit) and offering professional services (digital printing, laser engraving, OCR document digitization, industrial laundry, digital publishing). Alongside workshops, the association delivers residential housing, supported independent living, and professional integration services under its social mission.

Product overview

Autisme Luxembourg asbl is a non-profit organization providing professional integration services for people with autism through multiple specialized workshops. The organization operates 11 production workshops (Confiserie, Couture, Imprimerie, Papier, Jardinage, Laser-Tec, Info-Média, Back-Office, Buanderie, Céramique, Cuisine) that produce handcrafted products while providing vocational training and employment. Each workshop produces distinct products: Confiserie makes artisanal jams and fruit products; Couture creates upcycled sewn goods and baby items; Laser-Tec provides engraving and cutting services; Info-Média develops digital publications and apps; Back-Office handles document digitization and administrative services. The organization also operates residential (Foyer) and day services (SFP/CDJ, SIA) supporting the broader mission of autism inclusion.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Atelier Confiserie (Artisanal Confectionery) Vocational workshop producing and selling over 25 varieties of artisanal jams, jellies, compotes, fruit bars, and gummies made from fruits grown in the organization's two Biolabel-certified organic orchards. Offers personalized labels for events such as baptisms, weddings, and corporate functions.
• Atelier Couture (Upcycled Sewing) Creative sewing workshop upcycling used materials such as coffee sacks, mattress foam, and AirTramp tarps into multicolored bags, pouches, baby items, and games, featuring original bio-cotton prints designed by employees.
• Atelier Imprimerie (Digital Printing Services) Digital printing workshop offering graphic design, promotional printing, brochures, posters, flyers, business cards, envelopes, labels, and copy binding services up to A3 format for businesses, associations, and individuals.
• Atelier Papier (Recycled Paper Products) Handmade recycled paper workshop producing cards, albums, gift packaging, menus, invitations, and decorative items from old paper and resin paper with natural decorations.
• Atelier Jardinage (Organic Gardening and Orchards) Gardening workshop managing two Biolabel-certified orchards producing strawberries, raspberries, cherries, and plums used by the Confiserie workshop, and producing firewood from recycled pallets.
• Atelier Laser-Tec (Laser Engraving and Cutting) Laser engraving and cutting services on materials including cardboard, paper, wood, plexiglass, glass, stone, and fabric, producing gadgets, corporate gifts, medals, trophies, signage, and personalized items from conception to serial production.
• Atelier Back-Office (Document Digitization) Electronic document management (GED) and administrative services workshop offering scanning with OCR, indexing, database management, mail processing, and conversion of legacy media such as film reels, video cassettes, slides, and old photos to digital formats.
• Atelier Buanderie (Professional Laundry) Professional laundry service for sports clubs, businesses, associations, and individuals, handling sports jerseys, work clothing, and specific laundry needs with professional washing machines.
• Atelier Info-Média (Digital Media) Digital media workshop developing digital magazines, including 'Konterbont' (the first electronic newspaper in Luxembourg written in Luxembourgish), educational books, and Luxembourgish-language learning applications developed in partnership with LOD. Launched in 2017 with European Social Fund and Ministry of Work support.
• Atelier Céramique (Ceramic Workshop) Ceramic workshop producing handmade pottery items.
• Atelier Cuisine (Catering and Take-Away) Cooking workshop preparing menus and offering a hot meal take-away service operating 11:30-13:00 with complete meals at €7.50 plus daily sandwiches, using organic vegetables from the on-site garden.
• SFP/CDJ (Professional Integration and Day Services) Professional integration and work placement services for individuals with autism, providing structured day-time activities and pathways to employment.
• SIA (Supported Independent Living) Supported independent living services for adults with autism to live autonomously with appropriate assistance.
• Foyer et logement encadré (Supervised Housing) Supervised housing and residential services for people with autism requiring residential care arrangements.

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 25 varieties of artisanal jams and jellies produced
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered minor.

• LOD (Lëtzebuerger Online Dictionnaire)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerExternal partner for developing educational applications (apps) to popularize correct Luxembourgish spelling. Collaborated on 'Lëtzebuergesch fir an Boxentäsch' app.
• ARNu (Archives Régionales Numérisées)minorOthersDigitization services customer for converting regional archives to digital format.
• Mertzig 2000 (commune de Mertzig)minorOthersDigital archive project customer for the municipality of Mertzig.
• DAP – Digital Archiv PréizerdaulminorOthersDigital archive digitization customer for Préizerdaul municipality.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Aspiritech: US-based non-profit employing autistic adults in software testing and QA. Comparable in mission and supported-employment model, though operating in a different geography and IT-focused rather than diversified across physical workshops.
• Auticon: Germany-based consultancy that exclusively employs autistic adults as technology consultants. Directly comparable in mission (professional integration of autistic adults), with a commercial-services business model similar in spirit to Autisme Luxembourg's B2B service workshops (Back-Office, Laser-Tec, Laundry).
• Specialisterne: Global organization (founded in Denmark) that provides vocational training and employment for autistic adults in IT, data, and tech-adjacent roles. Directly comparable to Autisme Luxembourg's mission of integrating autistic adults through supported employment, though focused on technology services rather than physical workshops.
• Passwerk: Belgian social enterprise employing autistic adults in software testing and IT services. Closely comparable in mission and geography (neighboring Belgium), offering supported employment in a commercial-services delivery model analogous to Autisme Luxembourg's Back-Office and Info-Média workshops.

Broad incumbents

• APAJH: Large French federation of associations serving people with disabilities including autism, operating sheltered workshops and supported employment services. Comparable in mission and workshop model across the broader Luxembourg/France region.
• Les Ateliers de l'Avenir: Belgian sheltered workshop providing adapted employment across manufacturing, packaging, and services for people with disabilities. Comparable in sheltered-workshop business model and cross-border proximity to Luxembourg, but with a broader disability focus.
• SODEXO (autism employment programs): Global food services and facilities management company that has run autism-employment initiatives and serves as a broad incumbent with overlapping catering, laundry, and facility services that compete with some of Autisme Luxembourg's workshop offerings (Cuisine, Buanderie).
• Werkstätten für behinderte Menschen (WfB): Germany's national network of sheltered workshops for people with disabilities, including those with autism. Highly comparable in workshop-based employment model and government funding structure, but operates at much larger scale and broader disability scope across Germany.

Others

• Specialisterne Foundation: Non-profit foundation arm of Specialisterne dedicated to advocating for and developing autism employment globally. Comparable as an ecosystem/advocacy peer supporting the broader movement Autisme Luxembourg operates within, rather than as a direct competitor.

Peers

• ADAPEI: Federation of French associations supporting people with intellectual disabilities, including autism, through sheltered workshops (ESATs) and supported employment. Comparable in providing vocational integration and residential services, though operating at much larger national scale across France.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles9 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

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