Cable assembly and module assembly for LAN, fiber optics, industry and cleanroom
LAN Pro AG
Gibelflühstrasse 7, CH-6275 Ballwil (CH) · Ludbreg (HR)New on Amplifa
Cable assembly at the highest level
LAN Pro AG is an owner-managed Swiss family company based in Ballwil in the canton of Lucerne that has been assembling cables and cable systems since 1994. The company, with around 50 employees, operates four assembly lines: LAN copper cables, fiber optic glass cables, industrial cables, and a cleanroom assembly certified to ISO 5/6. Copper and fiber optic cables are processed together with connectors, housings, printed circuit boards and panels into patch cables, splitters, couplings, breakout cables and customer-specific assemblies. As a full-service provider, LAN Pro also handles planning, engineering, prototype construction, module assembly, testing, storage of customer material, as well as logistics and special transport. Customers come from IT and telephony, the semiconductor industry, medical technology, aerospace, test and measurement systems, micromechanics, optics and mechanical engineering; direct customers and resellers throughout Europe and overseas are supplied. Since 2024, the subsidiary LAN Pro d.o.o. has been producing in Ludbreg, Croatia. The quality management system is certified to ISO 9001:2015 (SQS, IQNET).
- Site
- Ballwil
- Processes
- LAN cable assembly (copper cables), Fiber optic cable assembly (glass fiber cables), Industrial cable assembly, Cleanroom cable assembly (ISO 5/6 certified), Module assembly, Cable connector assembly (assembling), Assembly of modules and individual control units, Pre-cleaning, assembly and packaging under cleanroom conditions
- Materials
- Copper cables (copper), Fiber optic cables (fiber optics), Connectors, Housings, Printed circuit boards, Panels, Copper cables, Fiber optic cables
- Certificates
- ISO 9001:2015, IQNET (ISO 9001:2015), Cleanroom ISO 5/6
- Founded
- 1994
- Employees
- ca. 50
- Industries
- IT/telephony, Carriers/fiber to the home, Wholesale, Electronics, Semiconductor industry, Test and measurement systems
- 01
Consulting and engineering
- 02
Prototype construction
- 03
Procurement of cables, connectors, housings, printed circuit boards and panels
- 04
Cable assembly (LAN, fiber optics, industry, cleanroom)
- 05
Module assembly
- 06
Testing
- 07
Storage and logistics/special transport
Materials and processes
Copper cables
Basis for LAN patch cables, splitters, couplings and industrial cable assemblies.
Fiber optic cables
Assembly to customer specification for demanding data transmission.
Connectors
Finishing of market-wide semi-finished products into safe end products.
Housings
Procurement and integration as part of the overall engineering.
Printed circuit boards
Procurement and integration into module assembly projects.
Panels
Matching panels and Q-boxes complement the cable range.
Locations
Ballwil
CHHeadquarters with production: 4 assembly lines, cleanroom, module assembly, semi-finished goods warehouse, office
- Lot size
- Small batches to series, prototypes
- Materials
- Copper cables, fiber optic cables
- Computer-controlled cable cutting machine (from 2001)
- Cable Cat (from 2017)
- Cleanroom ISO 5/6 (2019, expanded 2022)
Ludbreg
HRSubsidiary LAN Pro d.o.o. – production
Products and components
Inside the production
Industries
Processes & technical limits
| Processes | Tolerance | Max. part | Weight | Lot size | Materials |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LAN cable assembly (copper cables)Assembly | – | – | – | Small batches | Copper cables |
| Fiber optic cable assembly (glass fiber cables)Assembly | – | – | – | – | Fiber optic cables |
| Industrial cable assemblyAssembly | – | – | – | Prototype/0-series | – |
| Cleanroom cable assembly (ISO 5/6 certified)Assembly | – | – | – | – | – |
| Module assemblyAssembly | – | – | – | – | – |
| Cable connector assembly (assembling)Assembly | – | – | – | – | – |
| Assembly of modules and individual control unitsAssembly | – | – | – | – | – |
| Pre-cleaning, assembly and packaging under cleanroom conditionsAssembly | – | – | – | – | – |
| Planning and development / overall engineeringEngineering | – | – | – | – | – |
| Prototype developmentEngineering | – | – | – | – | – |
| Procurement of housings, printed circuit boards and panelsEngineering | – | – | – | – | – |
| Testing of modules (various testing options)Testing | – | – | – | – | – |
| Storage of customer material, logistics and special transportAssembly | – | – | – | – | – |
| Labeling of individual cablesAssembly | – | – | – | – | – |
3 Anlagen & Maschinen
| Machine | Manufacturer / model | Quantity | Working area | Year built | Site |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Computer-controlled cable cutting machine | – | – | – | 2001 | Ballwil |
| Cable Cat | – | – | – | 2017 | Ballwil |
| Cleanroom (production facility) | – | – | ISO 5/6 certified | 2019/2022 | Ballwil |
Additional services
Reference customers
Quality
The quality management system is certified to ISO 9001:2015 (SQS, reg. no. 33187, IQNET). Assembly is performed as qualified manual work with comprehensive checks by quality instruments; the cleanroom is certified to ISO 5/6.
| Evidence | Ballwil |
|---|---|
| ISO 9001:2015 | |
| Cleanroom ISO 5/6 |
Milestones
- 1994
Founding of LAN Pro AG in Ballwil, Lucerne, by Paul and Marianna Gasser
- 1995
Establishment of the company's own cable assembly (LAN cables)
- 1999
Nomination for the Central Swiss New Entrepreneur Award
- 2001
Move into the new company building in Ballwil; 20 employees; commissioning of a computer-controlled cable cutting machine
- 2005
Establishment of the industrial cable assembly
- 2006
Introduction and certification of the QM system to ISO 9001:2000
- 2008
Innovation bend-protection sleeve TLP45 and cleanroom for cable assembly
- 2010
Handover of management to Dino Gasser
- 2011
Takeover of the Swiss-exclusive copper agency from ADC Krone resp. TE Connectivity; market launch of the color-coding clip for RJ45 patch cables
- 2015
Groundbreaking for the new building, webshop goes online, certification to ISO 9001:2008
- 2017
New building opening and commissioning of the Cable Cat
- 2019
Commissioning of the new cleanroom
- 2021
Recertification ISO 9001:2015; commissioning of the module assembly department
- 2022
Expansion of the cleanroom
- 2024
Founding of the subsidiary LAN Pro d.o.o. in Ludbreg (Croatia); recertification ISO 9001:2015
- 2025
Production started in Croatia
- 2026
First delivery from LAN Pro d.o.o. Croatia