Eppendorf, a company with its registered office in Germany, develops, produces and sells products and services for laboratories around the world.
Eppendorf products are used in academic and industrial research laboratories, e.g. in companies in the pharmaceutical, biotech, chemical and food industries. They are also used in laboratories that perform clinical or environmental analysis, in forensic laboratories, and in industrial laboratories where industrial process analysis, production and quality assurance are performed. Eppendorf describes its business as consisting of three divisions: liquid handling, cell handling, and sample handling.
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Products
Eppendorf develops, produces and sells devices, consumables and services for laboratories.
The liquid handling line includes products such as manual and electronic micropipettes, automated pipetting systems, and milliliter pipette controllers.
The cell handling line includes products such as fermenters and bioreactors and cell culture supplies.
The sample handling line includes products such as centrifuges and related accessories, PCR equipment, laboratory freezers, and reagent tubes.
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History
Eppendorf was founded in 1945 by Heinrich Netheler and Hans Hinz in the Hamburg district of Eppendorf on the grounds of the University Hospital Eppendorf, originally as a workshop for medical devices. Dr Netheler and Dr Hinz used their extensive knowledge of radar technology to develop both the first ultrasound device and the stimulator, a machine used for diagnosing and therapeutically treating muscle and nerve damage. They also invented an electrical thermometer (the "Thermorapid") that, for the first time, enabled body temperature to be measured in just a few seconds.
In 1961, Eppendorf launched the microliter pipette system. This allowed precise measurement of liquids and is Eppendorf's most successful product line. The first microcentrifuge "eppi tube" was sold in 1962.
In 1954, the company was renamed "Netheler & Hinz GmbH".
In 1965, the company and its approximately 200 employees moved to a facility in Barkhausenweg in the Hamburg district of Hummelsbüttel, where Eppendorf has been headquartered ever since.
In 2000, Eppendorf Gerätebau, Netheler und Hinz GmbH was renamed Eppendorf AG and became a public company.
In 2007, Eppendorf acquired New Brunswick Scientific, which manufactures large laboratory equipment.
Thomas Bachmann became Chief Executive Officer of the Eppendorf Group on August 1, 2015. Following Detmar Ammermann, who had exercised the function of Spokesman of the Management Board on an interim basis in addition to his responsibilities as CFO since June 2014. In 2011 Dirk Ehlers followed on the long term CEO Klaus Fink, who took over as Chairman of the Supervisory Board till this day.
As of 2017, Eppendorf AG has subsidiaries in 26 countries and more than 3000 employees worldwide.
Eppendorf sponsors awards for investigators which are awarded through Science Magazine.
Participating interests
In 2007, Eppendorf took over New Brunswick Scientific Co., an American company headquartered in Edison, New Jersey. The company moved to Enfield, Connecticut in 2011. New Brunswick Scientific Co. merged with the company Eppendorf Inc in 2013. The portfolio from NBS is now part of the Eppendorf portfolio.
In January 2012, Eppendorf acquired DASGIP, a mid-sized German company headquartered in Jülich, Germany that manufactures parallel bioreactor systems.
References
External links
- Official website
- Eppendorf on Facebook
- Eppendorf on YouTube
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