B E N E L U X S C I E N T I F I C C A L I B R AT I O N L A B F O N T I J N E P R E S S E S F R A N C E S C I E N T I F I Q U E P O R O M E T E R S O PA C H E M

OUR MISSION

Many established technology providers learned the hard way that having a worldwide direct sales force, is often not the best solution. Now that the focus might have shifted to other continents, the costs of local affiliates weigh heavily on their organizations. For new and upcoming players, the investments are too high and the local barriers too complex. For innovative suppliers in general, the typical resellers and large catalogue companies will lack the scientific knowhow and focus in order to be successful.

A local partner willing to go the extra mile, can offer the best of both worlds. We envisioned that by delivering more than what is expected of a distributor, it is possible to become a true local sales and marketing partner for our suppliers. With sales and service engineers trained to the same level as a direct operation, both the customers and suppliers win. For our instrumentation suppliers, a strong service team is an essential driver for success. For reagents and consumables, we can ensure next-day deliveries to our endusers thanks to our cen-tralized operations with local stock.

Serving laboratories in several parts of Europe, the companies of the Aptco Invest holding strive to be such kind of distributor. Each with their own focus, each serving their specific markets, each with a strong local presence and character. For our suppliers, our mission is to be the best sales and marketing partner available in our region, bringing the word distributor to another level. For our customers, it is our mission to serve them with highest standards of product knowhow, understanding their needs and applications. Be it by offering the best service or by introducing innovative technologies that in the end will help them advance their scientific work.

OUR MISSION

Many established instrument manufacturers have experienced that a worldwide direct sales force is not the best solution. The costs of local affiliates weigh heavily on their organizations. For new and upcoming players, the investments are too high and the local barriers too complex. For innovative suppliers in general, typical resellers and large catalogue companies will lack the scientific knowhow and focus in order to be successful.

A local partner willing to go the extra mile can offer the best of both worlds. We envisioned that, by delivering more than what is expected of a distributor, it is possible to become a true local sales and marketing partner for our suppliers. With sales and service engineers trained to the same level as a direct operation, both customers and suppliers win. For our instrumentation suppliers, a strong service team is an essential driver for success. For reagents and consumables, we can ensure next-day deliveries to our end users thanks to our centralized operations with local stock.

Serving laboratories worldwide, the companies of the Aptco Group strive to be such kind of distributor. Each with their own focus, each serving their specific markets, each with a strong local presence and character. For our suppliers, our mission is to be the best sales and marketing partner available in our region, bringing the word distributor to another level. For our customers, it is our mission to serve them with highest standards of product knowhow, understanding their needs and applications. Be it by offering the best service or by introducing innovative technologies that in the end will help them to advance their scientific work.

OUR MISSION

Many established technology providers learned the hard way that having a worldwide direct sales force, is often not the best solution. Now that the focus might have shifted to other continents, the costs of local affiliates weigh heavily on their organizations. For new and upcoming players, the investments are too high and the local barriers too complex. For innovative suppliers in general, the typical resellers and large catalogue companies will lack the scientific knowhow and focus in order to be successful.

A local partner willing to go the extra mile, can offer the best of both worlds. We envisioned that by delivering more than what is expected of a distributor, it is possible to become a true local sales and marketing partner for our suppliers. With sales and service engineers trained to the same level as a direct operation, both the customers and suppliers win. For our instrumentation suppliers, a strong service team is an essential driver for success. For reagents and consumables, we can ensure next-day deliveries to our endusers thanks to our cen-tralized operations with local stock.

Serving laboratories in several parts of Europe, the companies of the Aptco Invest holding strive to be such kind of distributor. Each with their own focus, each serving their specific markets, each with a strong local presence and character. For our suppliers, our mission is to be the best sales and marketing partner available in our region, bringing the word distributor to another level. For our customers, it is our mission to serve them with highest standards of product knowhow, understanding their needs and applications. Be it by offering the best service or by introducing innovative technologies that in the end will help them advance their scientific work.

WHO WE ARE

We are a team of professionals. Our senior partners all have proven track records. We do not believe in the generic one-fits-all approach, we do not want to be the next big-catalogue company. With different companies we focus on the different segments in the laboratory market. Each has determination and eagerness for success in common.

Creation ofBENELUX SCIENTIFIC

in Belgium

Creation ofBENELUX SCIENTIFIC

in The Netherlands

BENELUX SCIENTIFICexpands into biotechnology

with the setup of theBENELUX BIOTECH

division

Acquisition ofSOPACHEM,

a distributor of innovativeproducts for medical,

pharmaceutical, life sciencesand biotech labs based

in Belgium andThe Netherlands

Merger ofBENELUX BIOTECH

and SOPACHEM

Creation ofFRANCE SCIENTIFIQUE

in France

Acquisition of ANATEC,a distributor with

an attractive portfolioof instruments

and consumablesfor the analytical labs

Creation ofAPTCO GROUP

Creation ofPOROMETERin Hong Kong

Creation ofPOROMETER

a Belgian-Germanmembrane and filter

characterisation equipmentmanufacturer

Creation ofCALIBRATION LAB

an ISO17025 accreditedsupplier of volume,

weight andtemperature calibrations

BENELUX SCIENTIFICand ANATEC merge

Creation ofPOROMETERin Hong Kong

BENELUX SCIENTIFICand ANATEC merge

Acquisition ofFONTIJNE PRESSES,

a manufacturer of hydrauliclaboratory platen presses

for rubber, compositesand polymer processing

APTCO GROUPmoves into

a new building

SOPACHEMexpand to Nordics

with offices in Copenhagen

COMPANYSTRUCTURE

SHARED SERVICES:OFFICES

MEETING ROOMSADMINISTRATION

ACCOUNTINGFINANCE

CASH POOLINGERP - CRM

IT PLATFORMWAREHOUSING & LOGISTICS

HR & PAYROLL ADMIN

WHAT WE OFFER

Aptco Group offers first class representation for manufacturers of lab equipment and added-value consumables for research. We always work in close collaboration with our suppliers. Honesty and integrity are vital for us. We do not just represent their products, we also promote their business policy and your customer philosophy.

SALES SERVICE LOGISTICS

COMPANYSTRUCTURE

FACTS & FIGURES

Aptco Group is a privately owned company. We believe in long term success and sustainable growth. Our primary objectives are (1) being a reliable and successful partner for our suppliers and distributors, (2) generate high added value to our customers and (3) offer our partners & employees a place where they can use and develop their skills and talents.

APTCONUMBERS

FACTS & FIGURES

Aptco Invest is a privately owned company. We believe in long term success and sustainable growth. Our primary objectives are (1) being a reliable and successful distributor for our suppliers, (2) generate high added value to our customers and (3) offer our partners & employees a place where they can use and develop their skills and talents.

EMPLOYEES SALESEMPLOYEES

APTCONUMBERS

FACTS & FIGURES

Aptco Invest is a privately owned company. We believe in long term success and sustainable growth. Our primary objectives are (1) being a reliable and successful distributor for our suppliers, (2) generate high added value to our customers and (3) offer our partners & employees a place where they can use and develop their skills and talents.

EMPLOYEES SALES

APTCONUMBERS

SALES

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BENELUX SCIENTIFICFRANCE SCIENTIFIQUE

Benelux Scientific & France Scientifique have subsidiaries in The Netherlands, Belgium and France. Each subsidiary is independent and fully functional - each with its own highly trained sales and after-sales support teams. This ensures seamless support across each border served by the group. In total, Benelux Scientific & France Scientifique offer more than 10 sales- and application engineers plus an equal number of service engineers. The group has regional headquarters in Ochten (NL), Nazareth (B), Voisins-le-Bretonneux (Paris area) and Saint Genis Laval (Lyon area). The group’s total turnover eclipsed 10 Million Euros in 2017.

benelux-scientific.bebenelux-scientific.nlfrance-scientifique.fr

INSTALLED 2017

total nr installed instruments: 4500

SALES 2017

10 million euro

INSTALLED 2017

with annual servicecontract: 1700

SERVICE ENGINEERS 2017

12SALES ENGINEERS 2017

13

CALIBRATION LAB

The precision and accuracy of measuring equipment is vital for any scientific laboratory. Calibration is needed to verify the performance of equipment and to comply with internal company and/or international ISO standards. Calibration Lab provides independant verification, calibration and maintenance services on your laboratory equipment. We are an ISO 17025 accredited company and we have the expertise and flexibility to respond adequately and quickly to your certification and calibration needs.

Our services cover volume, weight, temperature, viscosity and force calibrations. Calibration Lab also offers a wide range of easy to order calibration standards via its webshop calibration-standards.com.

calibration-lab.becalibration-standards.compi-cal.com

NUMBERINSTRUMENTSCALIBRATED

2400 3100 3800

2015 2016 2017

FONTIJNE PRESSES

Fontijne Presses designs and builds hydraulic laboratory presses for the polymer processing, rubber and composites industry. For straightforward automated pressing operations, these presses offer a high quality as well as an economical solution.

In addition to manufacturing and sale of high quality equipment, Fontijne Presses, supplies customers with a full line of parts and accessories for their line of hydraulic platen presses. They also offer complete maintenance and calibration services.

Fontijne Presses’ primary mission is to deliver products of the highest quality and reliability. Customers expect continuous, uninterrupted operation of their equipment in order to keep their own production, development and quality programs at optimal efficiency.

fontijnepresses.com

INSTALLED

more than1.600 machines

in the field

EXPERIENCE

110 yearsexperience buildinghydraulic presses

LIFE CYCLE

average life cyclemore than 20 years

POROMETER

Porometer is a filter and membrane testing equipment manufacturer with a team that has acquired vast experience in porometry over long years of service, sales and customer and applications support in the field. Currently Porometer is the leader and the reference in porometry.

Porometer features a wide range of instruments for the accurate and reliable characterisation of the pore size distribution of through pores in filter media, ceramic, paper, nonwovens and membranes, among other: • Gas-Liquid Porometry series - the POROLUX™ line• Liquid-Liquid Porometry series - the POROLIQ™ line Porometer’s products and services portfolio also includes instruments for measuring the liquid permeability through filters, high throughput membrane testing equipment and the MEMCAST™, the first automatic coating machine exclusively designed for lab-scale membrane synthesis.

Porometer has subsidiaries in the USA, China and Hong-Kong and sales partners in all major countries.

porometer.com

INSTALLED

more than 150 porometers worldwide

EXPERIENCE

more than 30 years in porometry and over 15 years in fundamental

and applied research in membrane technology

NPS

65 (Net Promotor Score)

SOPACHEM

Sopachem is a sales and marketing organisation specialising in the early stages of market introduction. Within the scientific laboratory arena, Sopachem serves as a launching platform for tech starters in Life Science, Health Care Diagnostics and Lab Automation.

Bringing disruptive technologies to established markets requires an innovative approach. For this reason Sopachem developed and validated the SalesGriDD™ model. This strategic sales tool significantly shortens the early adoption phase across different product types, including the constantly evolving and challenging ‘new biomarkers’.

For a selection of key partners, Sopachem also supports the longterm outlook as an exclusive distribution partner for the Benelux and Nordics. Finally, Sopachem complements these partnerships with its own product line of life science reagents under the brand VYO BIOSYSTEMS, offered to the global market.

sopachem.com

BOOSTINGSTART-UPS

LIFE SCIENCES

FOCUS ONINNOVATION

BIOBANKING &AUTOMATION

HEALTH CAREDIAGNOSTICS

BENELUX& NORDICS

CONTACT INFO

Aptco GroupNieuwe Steenweg 20A9810 NazarethBelgium

T: +32 9 25 25 400F: +32 9 25 22 393info@aptco-group.comwww.aptco-group.com