Eppendorf (company)
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| Company type | Private |
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| Industry | Life sciences |
| Founded | 1945 in Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany |
| Headquarters | Hamburg, Germany |
Area served | Worldwide |
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| Products | Laboratory devices and consumables |
| Revenue |  € 980,3 million (2024) |
Number of employees | 4.658 (2024) |
| Website | www |
Eppendorf (German pronunciation: [ˈɛpn̩dɔʁf] ⓘ), 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.[1]
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.[2] The cell handling line includes products such as fermenters and bioreactors and cell culture supplies.[3] The sample handling line includes products such as centrifuges and related accessories, PCR equipment, laboratory freezers, and reagent tubes.[4]
