Lysoform – since generations guarantee for quality and responsibility

Our goals

1. Health

With our products, we want to make a contribution to preventing the transmission of infectious diseases.

2. Consulting

With our comprehensive know-how in the field of disinfection, we aim to find solutions to problems for our customers.

3. Development

Our products are always kept up to date with the latest scientific findings in terms of efficacy and tolerability.

4. Technology

The technologies and techniques for manufacturing our products are constantly being developed.

5. Markets

In cooperation with our partners, we are continuously opening up new sales markets, market segments and areas of application.

Our quality policy

Our goal is to provide our customers with products of the highest value all over the world. We achieve this by

  • justifying the great trust of our customers,
  • advising our customers on the application of our products,
  • training our customers if necessary,
  • analysing informations of the market and changes to the legal requirements in order to be able to adapt our products to the customer requirements,
  • responding flexibly and quickly to the wishes of the customer or helping the customer to solve their problems;
  • developing new products and / or processes according to customer needs and market requirements;
  • shaping the legal and scientific development (concerning the Lysoform) actively,
  • collaborating in various national and international bodies as well as associations,
  • providing an appropriate benchmark for suitability when setting up new employees, or, if necessary, provide training and further training;
  • preserving and promoting the responsibility, the creativity, independence and the commitment of the employees,
  • committing to maintain the quality management system according to ISO 9001 / ISO 13485 and Council Directive 93/42 / EEC on medical devices, as well as the AMG, MPG and GMP,
  • observing ecological aspects according to DIN EN ISO 14001,
  • monitoring compliance with the regulations contained in our quality management manual and, if necessary, providing corrective measures.
  • always checking suggestions for improvements in their feasibility.

Our history

1904
Foundation

In 1904, Lysoform AG was founded in Lausanne and is thus the first disinfectant manufacturer in Switzerland. In the same year the production of the patented antiseptic and disinfectant lysoform began.

Lysoform has become a standard disinfectant for practically all sanitary areas in hospitals, industry and households because of the excellent effect and the good properties (cleansing capacity, skin and material compatibility).

This success made it necessary to expand the production capacities considerably as early as 1906. At the same time, Lysoform companies were founded abroad, but they were and still are legally and economically independent. Today there are Lysoform companies in Italy, Germany, Austria, France, the Netherlands, Belgium, Spain, Greece, Brazil and Argentina.

The 1960s
The competition begins

Until the 1960s, Lysoform AG successfully maintained its leading position in the Swiss market, until increasingly foreign corporations invaded, so that Lysoform AG was and is exposed to a tough competition.

The beginning of 1970
A new location

At the beginning of 1970, Lysoform AG took over Savonnerie Leman in Aigle. She now had a "second leg" with a variety of high-quality cleaning products and detergents. The consolidated economic situation of Lysoform AG enabled the modernization of the disinfection and remedies production, which was only possible at a new location. It was then found in Windisch / Brugg in 1978. From 1979 onwards the detergents in Aigle and the disinfectants and remedies In Windisch / Brugg.

Lysoform AG, a medium-sized Swiss company, did not want to and would not enter into the advertising campaign in the detergents sector, which was accompanied by ever-increasing financial expenditures, so that detergent production was abandoned in the early 1980s.

From 1985 to 1987
New disinfectants and cleaners

From 1985 to 1987, a completely new cleaning pallet was developed. The manufacturing requirements for these new preparations could only be fulfilled in the new production facility, so that Lysoform AG now manufactures and distributes all preparations in Windisch / Brugg.

The novel disinfectants and cleansing agents (for example, a carpet shampoo with antibacterial action which is suitable for all application techniques and various special cleaners) have already gained a firm place, especially in the commercial sector.

The Lysoform AG production program now includes, in addition to the aforementioned cleaners, disinfectant cleaners, antiseptics and cosmetics.

Lysoform AG has succeeded in regaining its former position in Switzerland, both in scientific and economic terms, in almost all areas of hygiene in hospitals, industry and trade.

We would like to take this opportunity to thank the customers as well as the employees of Lysoform AG, who have kept our Swiss tradition company loyal even in difficult times.

1.5.2006
New domicile

On May 1, 2006, Lysoform AG has a new domicile in Dorfstr. 26 in Windisch.

Obituary

Orbituary for Dr. Rödger

Actually Dr. Rödger had planned to make his scientific career by becoming a professor. But his father succeeded in convincing him that the company provides a framework to work scientifically. The decision in favour of Lysoform turned out to be Dr. Rödger’s personal piece of luck as over the years Lysoform offered him an extraordinary platform for self-fulfilment by satisfying his diverse professional, cultural, social and economic interests and skills. Thus, the „company“ became an essential part in his life in addition to his family.

His experience as M.D. for hygiene and microbiology helped him to re-organize the laboratory, especially to increase staff capacities, to extend the microbiological lab and to modernize it.

Scientist

These measures enabled Lysoform to practise fundamental research in addition to performing diverse microbiological routine examinations. In 1987 the European Committee for Standardization (CEN) launched a standards project for developing European methods for verifying the efficacy of disinfectants and corresponding procedures. In 1991 Dr. Rödger got involved – in the first instance nationally and 1999 internationally as well. He was appointed German delegate in the international committees of CEN, OECD and ISO. The high standard in the Lysoform laboratories enabled Dr. Rödger to take part in numerous international ring trails affecting most diverse scientific objectives in the field of microbiology. Dr. Rödger’s extraordinary professional competence together with his exceptional talent to get into perceived and slightest details as well as his energy, his diligence and accuracy brought him international recognition. Not only his expertise as expert for the neutralisation of biocidal substances but also his pleasant character and his diplomatic skills succeeded in overcoming political and personal vanity in order to come to a solution serving the cause. Because of these character traits he contracted many “business friendships” and some of them even resulted in real personal friendships.

Management

Dr. Rödger’s patriarchal and at the same time caring business management was affected by both Prussian-protestant mentality and Saxonian-liberal generosity.

Furthermore, Dr. Rödger’s acting always was to be understood as self-conception being a doctor. Terms such as help – convince – motivate describe his acting well. As far as his personal demands are concerned Dr. Rödger was very humble. However, if interests of others were concerned, he often would be surprisingly generous and knowing.

That way Dr. Rödger supported and sponsored with private and Lysoform financial funds e. g. the reconstruction of Berlin Palace, the soccer club 1. FC Union Berlin and committed himself to support the young academics at Lysoform and in the students‘ fraternity Fridericiana (CC) and Turnerschaft Berlin (CC).

The practiced personnel policy was based on confidence and for more than 30 years affected by different principles: Make the competence and reliability of female employees accessible, take advantage of the senior employees’ experience, include the opinion and comprehension of employees from different cultures and language areas in the daily business and always have an open ear for (private) concerns of the staff.

Company

After he had started being responsible for the technical-scientific field only in 1981, Dr. Rödger took over Lysoform’s management in 1988 and I got the opportunity to accompany him. Dr. Rödger modernised the technical equipment in the production and extended storage capacities substantially.

The formaldehyde crisis called for disinfectants with new efficacy concepts which both had to meet the ecological and the economic requirements.

Dr. Rödger handled this challenge extraordinarily well and until today the results have been forming the basis for a successful product range.

The political turn offered a new opportunity of which Dr. Rödger became aware and used immediately. On November 15, 1989 already, our sales representatives visited health care facilities located between the river Elbe and river Oder.

It was Dr. Rödger’s decision to sell our products at an exchange rate of 1:1 (1 Mark : 1 DM). This decision was accepted by our new customers very gratefully at that time and the company has been partially benefitting from it until today.

To us, the time of reunification was accompanied by strong emotions and activated Dr. Rödger’s inherent spirit to help and to provide information. Those altruistic character traits resulted in different business ventures in the „new Länder“. The most important and most successful commitments were building up and assisting actively two medical laboratories: MDI und IMMD.

Also politically Lysoform took a stand. Amongst others we have been supporting the so-called forced labourer initiative.*

After the time of reunification Dr. Rödger developed a particular interest in the new markets in Poland, the successor states of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, India and China.

With a lot of energy he made use of his interest in other cultures in order to build up business relationships in those countries by travelling quite often more than 150 days per year. By doing so it always was his target to generate revenue not only at short-term but to acquire customers of long duration who often became his friends. His helpfulness went even so far that he provided not only one business partner the opportunity to legally find a home from home in Germany.

The last big challenge, which Lysoform had to face, was the coronavirus pandemic. Dr. Rödger made the right decisions. It filled him with deep satisfaction that Lysoform contributed visibly to humans’ health and preventive measures won professional recognition!

The Lysoform-staff are striving to continue opening doors for the company even without Dr. Rödger and to tread paths to pursue Dr. Rödger’s human and business heritage in the future.

Personal words

This reflection on our Lysoform-life is not to end without a personal word:

Dear Hajo, The first employment contract you have co-signed for Lysoform was my contract appointing me „assistant to the technical-scientific manager“ as your dad (Dr. Johannes Rödger) was of the opinion that you and me will certainly cooperate for any length of time (what a clear sight!).

Over the years we became companions, intimates, close friends, fraternity brothers! To me it felt like we were the only ones paying tributes to each other every now and then – which admittedly was not unimportant for us.

I will especially miss the intellectually demanding debates on principles and sometimes also about questions of detail whose significance often remained a mystery to third persons.

Why have you left us so early? I and all others will miss you!

Yours, Jürgen
(Dr. Schwemmer/Lysoform)

Berlin, March 2021

* meaning: compensation paid for the „slave workers“ during the Nazi Time in Germany