GPE stands for ‘Great Performance Engineering’
As a system supplier, we develop and produce customised solutions as required by the MedTech industry to save and protect human lives – from the initial product idea to the production of everything from simple components to highly complex modules and systems.
In addition to the medical sector, we are also active in sectors such as safety and automation. We are always close to our customers, providing agile and personal advice, and even more than that – we are part of the process.
An agile corporation with a wide range of services
GPE MedTech Systeme combines an outstanding range of expertise and services in the spirit of ‘Great Performance Engineering’.
These include the development, project planning, production, assembly, testing and documentation of high-quality, customized complete assemblies, complex modules and individual parts – all from a single source. You also benefit from our co-operative relationships with subcontractors, our intelligent logistics solutions and the use of state-of-the-art technologies.
Customised system solutions for your needs
With more than 160 employees with an annual turnover of over 35 million euros, the GPE is synonymous with high-precision, highly complex and innovative system solutions made of plastic, silicone, metal and sheet metal. In addition, we offer optional assembly, packaging and customized logistics solutions.
We manufacture individual system solutions for our customers on a production area spanning more than 10,000 m². This extends from subassemblies and modules to complete, ready-to-use devices whose performance is always significantly dependent on the interaction of different materials.
Years Experience
of state-of-the-art production space
turnover 2025
Our Principles
As a system supplier to the MedTech industry, we focus on providing our customers a comprehensive range of products and services. Our proven and unique engineering, material usage and assembly expertise makes us the preferred partner to all of our customers. Through our activities, we promote safety and quality in professional patient care and help to protect human life.
The GPE MedTech Systeme aims to be one of the top system suppliers to the MedTech industry in Europe. We are our customers partners for customized system solutions – from subassemblies and modules to complete, ready-to-use devices – where the interaction of a wide variety of materials plays an important role. In this context, we are our customers’ first point of contact from development and assembly right through to the final product.
Even after more than 77 years, the desire to find new approaches and to innovate is still our driving force and an integral part of the corporate culture we live out every day at our company.
We search for and identify new trends in the markets and support companies with new ideas and products.
Across all organisational levels and production steps, professionalism and flexibility are our guiding principles that define our daily activities here at the GPE. This is also reflected in our Code of conduct.
Committed to professional patient care:
Responsibility
We take personal responsibility for the decisions we make — for results, people, the environment and the future.
Integrity
We act in accordance with ethical principles, even when no one is watching. Our words and actions are consistent.
Quality
Medical technology is all about people. Quality and precision are non-negotiable.
Commitment
We keep our promises — deadlines, quality, figures. That is the foundation of any partnership.
Courage
We make clear decisions, even in the face of uncertainty. Standing still is riskier than taking a controlled step forward.
Appreciation
We treat people with respect. Genuine listening and recognition make us a strong team.
Transparency
We speak plainly and disclose our figures. This is how sound decisions and trust are built.
Performance
We measure ourselves by results — cost-conscious, market-oriented, pragmatic. Measured by impact.
Innovation and Learning
We challenge the status quo and continue to develop — professionally, technologically and personally.
Partnership
Success comes from working together — as equals, in our shared interest and for the long term.
A Location – with a global impact
The products and services manufactured by our company and production site are used worldwide, both directly by users and in the process of manufacturing further complex finished products and devices by our customers.
GPE MedTech Systeme GmbH
Gewerbestraße 1
D-23942 Dassow
Tel.: +49 (0) 38826 / 886 0
Fax: +49 (0) 38826 / 886 14 48
Managing director:
Josef Art
A seamless supply chain for cost and competitive advantages
As a system partner, our mission is to permanently complement our customers’ range of products and services through the seamless, value- and quality-orientated integration into the supply chain. Our internationally positioned supplier management activities play an important part in this regard. They enable us to realise competitive pricing for specific customer requirements.
The purchase of tools from the Asian region and the procurement of raw materials on the international commodity markets is part of the GPE´s daily operations. Our purchasing expertise provides our customers with clear advantages in global competition.
Certifications – for the highest standards of quality
The GPE commitment to excellence is based not only on its brand promise to deliver ‘Great Performance Engineering’, but first and foremost on the requirements of the MedTech industry, for whom we primarily work.
After all, the products and systems we manufacture for our medical technology customers often have a direct impact on the safety and quality of professional patient care – in short, we play a key role in helping you to protect and save lives.
Quality assurance from A to Z – sophisticated processes
Our quality assurance activities span the entire spectrum from incoming goods to the production line, from final device inspection to outgoing goods. In order to effectively maintain our customer-orientated quality principles, we consistently rely on sophisticated production processes, supported by state-of-the-art measuring and monitoring technology.
Item measurement
- Coordinate measurement
- Tactile measurement (dimensional measurement, form measurement, surface measurement)
- 3D scanning
- Optical measurement
- Conventional metrology
- Surface metrology
- Colour testing (colour spectrometer)
- Surface tension
- Roughness depth measurement
Sonstige PrüftechnikOther testing methods
- Material testing
- Hardness testing
- Durability/reliability testing
- Leak tests and many more
Sustainability and conservation of resources – a key responsibility
As a manufacturing company, we are aware of the effects of our business activities on the climate and environment. GPE implements, monitors and evaluates measures to conserve resources and improve energy efficiency. Through optimised production technologies and processes, we want to use natural raw materials in a responsible manner, reduce emissions and minimise any negative effects on people and the environment; we also use bio-materials from renewable sources.
To us, quality also means environmental protection. This begins with the selection of materials and continues through all of our production processes:
- Recycling production waste
- State-of-the-art waste management concepts (waste separation system, reducing disposal costs, disposal safety)
- Registration and evaluation of hazardous substances
- Environmental management according to DIN EN ISO 14001
OUR HISTORY – A CONSTANTLY GROWING RANGE OF PRODUCTS AND SERVICES
2025 New ownership and shareholder structure following acquisition by the Atlantik Advisors Group
2020 Acquisition of Impetus Plastics Engineering GmbH
2020 Acquisition and integration of the NICOLAY Group
2019 New ownership and shareholder structure after acquisition by Capiton AG
2019 Metalworking relocated from Lübeck to Dassow
2018 Expansion and conversion of the plant in Dassow to over 10,000 m² of production space
2013 Entry into telemedicine
2010 Relocation of GPE InPlast GmbH and GPE Systeme GmbH from Lübeck to Dassow
2009 Acquisition of a manufacturing unit from Nier GmbH in Lübeck and change of name to GPE Metal Components GmbH incl. GPE Feinmechanik GmbH
2008 Acquisition of Multicon GmbH Seebach and change of name to Multicon GmbH & Co. KG
2005 Founding of GPE Engineering GmbH, Lübeck
2004 Acquisition of a division of Dräger Protec and change of name to GPE-Systeme GmbH
2003 Acquisition of Dräger InPlast GmbH Lübeck and change of name to GPE-InPlast GmbH
1990 Relocation of company headquarters from Quickborn to Neumünster
1988 Acquisition and change of name to GPE Ganderke Plast Engineering GmbH by Edwin Kloppstech
1955 Relocation to Quickborn near Hamburg
1949 Founding of the Jalei fountain pen factory by the Ganderke brothers in Hamburg