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Sethuraman
Panchanathan
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Eppendorf is supporting essential
businesses and institutions in the
fight against the coronavirus. In the
year of the company’s 75th birthday,
we are thus fulfilling the mission
of our founders – to help improve
people’s living conditions – in a
very special way.
“The mission of our company, as de-
fined by its founders, is as current and
relevant today as it was then,” says
Eva van Pelt, Co-CEO of Eppendorf
AG. This commitment to improve
people’s living conditions drove a
small group of technical experts led by
the company’s founders, Dr. Heinrich
Netheler and Dr. Hans Hinz, toward
the healthcare sector in the first weeks
after World War II. In August 1945,
they began repairing urgently needed
but defective medical equipment
and instruments belonging to Univer-
sity Medical Center Eppendorf in
Hamburg. The group was so success-
ful in that task that it soon received
its first development orders for new
types of equipment from the medical
center’s departments.
Eppendorf – an innovative pioneer
in medical technology
The innovations developed by
Eppendorf – such as the Stimulator,
a device to stimulate muscles and
nerves, or the Ophtalmochirurg, a kind
of forerunner to eye lasers for the
treatment of retinal detachment –
can be regarded as the archetypes of
modern medical technologies now
used routinely all over the world. Eva
van Pelt points to the important prod-
ucts developed by Eppendorf since its
foundation and leaves no doubt
that the company’s innovative spirit
and determination to advance techni-
cally will continue to be reflected in
its products in the future. Nowadays,
however, Eppendorf no longer operates
in the field of medical technology, but
as a globally successful manufacturer
of laboratory equipment with around
4,000 employees all over the world.
“In our work, we cooperate closely
and trustfully with our partners and
customers to address the issues of
the future,” adds Co-CEO Dr. Peter
Fruhstorfer. He notes that Eppendorf
is driven by the idea of enabling labo-
ratories to work eWciently, sustainably
and with high quality. “Specifically,
our aim is to speed up laboratory
processes while at the same time
reducing potential errors. And we want
that to go hand in hand with significant
reductions in the workload of labora-
tory staf.” This is a Herculean task, as
Fruhstorfer points out, and one that
requires digitalization, the best minds
at Eppendorf and the special spirit that
exists within the company.
Strong teamwork for quality
and innovation
“The pronounced sense of community
within the company is one of the keys
to Eppendorf’s long-standing success,”
Dr. Fruhstorfer explains. The well-be-
ing of every employee was always im-
portant to the founders of Eppendorf,
and this attitude remains an integral
part of the company’s distinctive
culture to this day. Mutual respect is
just as important as the open-minded
attitude toward others that can be
encountered at Eppendorf throughout
the world. In the eight decades of
Eppendorf’s presence on the market,
these two qualities have been the
basis for dialogue, the transfer of
knowledge, exchanges of experience
and global networking. All of these
factors have contributed to the high
reliability, good service and special
quality of the company’s products
and thus to the eWcient support
provided by equipment, consumables
and service that has long made
Eppendorf indispensable for many
laboratories.
Eppendorf: Working for
a better world for 75 years
A microliter system consistingof reaction vessels, mixers, centrifuges
and pipettes is launched.It facilitates and improves laboratory
work enormously.
1963
Eppendorf launches the first piston-stroke microliter pipette, heraldingthe age of precise and fast pipetting.
1961
Eppendorf develops a photometerfor clinical applications. Over time,it became a world standard for
chemical and biochemical analyses.
1949
Dr. Heinrich Netheler andDr. Hans Hinz develop medical diag-
nostic products; in 1946 their companywas renamed “Elektromedizinische
Werkstätten GmbH.“
1945
The “Eppi®“ reaction vesselis launched on the market. It quicklybecame indispensable in medical
and scientificlaboratories worldwide.
1963
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“The mission of ourcompany, as defined byits founders, is as currentand relevant today asit was then.”
Eva van Pelt,
Co-CEO
The first Multipette® with
Combitips® is launched
on the market and
becomes a bestseller.
1978
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innovations online:
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Today
Pioneer in accuracy,
reliability and innovation
> In Liquid Handling, the product
range extends from manual
pipettes to electronic pipettes
and comprehensive pipetting
systems.
> Whether tubes, plates, pipette
tips, stem cell cultureware or
cuvettes: The unique product
features of Eppendorf Consum-
ables accelerate and simplify
routine tasks and ensure greater
reliability in every laboratory.
> Eppendorf is one of the world`s
market leaders and full-
spectrum supplier in the field
of centrifugation: the product
range extends from benchtop
centrifuges, premium floor-
standing centrifuges and ultra-
centrifuges to clinical and
automated centrifuges.
High-tech developments
together with users
In its Business Areas, Eppendorf
focuses all its ideas and developments
on the needs of the user. Customer
requirements determine what inno-
vations are developed, and these are
constantly discussed and tested with
users through agile working meth-
ods – a process that, by the way, was
used in Eppendorf’s early days, laying
the foundation for the great market
success of its equipment.
The result is state-of-the-art equip-
ment technology with sophisticated
ergonomics, ensuring that Eppendorf’s
products are always up to date. Ideally,
they are even a step ahead of the
times, like the piston-stroke pipette
was when it was launched. Other ex-
amples are the Eppendorf centrifuges
with their remarkable durability and
Eppendorf‘s high-tech plastic consum-
ables for use in laboratories.
State-of-the-art technology and
the sophisticated ergonomics of the
laboratory equipment ensure easy and
reliable handling, allowing users to
concentrate fully on their research.
In this way, Eppendorf actively
contributes to research activities
around the world every day – and at
the moment, to the fight against the
Sars-CoV-2 virus – in keeping with the
mission that the founders impressed
on the company 75 years ago: tttttttttt
to improve people’s living conditions.
More information at:
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“The pronounced senseof community withinthe company is one of thekeys to Eppendorf’slong-standing success.”
Dr. Peter Fruhstorfer,
Co-CEO
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Eppendorf develops the airand oil micro-injectors CellTram –for pressure control during manual
micro-injection anddosing of liquids.
1996
Above
View into the clean
room production:
high-quality labo-
ratory consumables
made of high-tech
plastics
Bottom left
Production halls and
high-bay warehouse
at the Eppendorf
location Oldenburg
in Holstein
Bottom right
Eppendorf centri-
fuges of the latest
generation
at the Leipzig
location
The 4 liter versatile Multipurpose
Centrifuge 5910 R with universal
rotor and adapter concept and the
smallest footprint in the market
expands the centrifuge range.
2018
The Eppendorf line of epMotion
automated liquid handling systems
is designed to help
automate routine pipetting tasks
to free up time.
2003
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He demonstrated that this new class of body-to-brain
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and, as a result, adjusts our level of thirst preemptively.
Dr. Zimmerman’s research has revealed fundamental
principles of ingestive behavior and provided neural
mechanisms to explain aspects of everyday human
experience.
The annual US$25,000 Eppendorf & Science Prize for
Neurobiology honors scientists, like Dr. Zimmerman,
for their outstanding contributions to neurobiological
research. Christopher Zimmerman is the 19th
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The life science businessof Merck operates asMilliporeSigma in theU.S. and Canada.
CounterIntelligenceThe Scepter™ 3.0 Automated
Handheld Cell Counter
Upgrade your tissue culture room by getting accurate
cell counts quickly, and recording results digitally. Our
Scepter™ 3.0 handheld cell counter combines smart
capabilities with the Coulter impedance principal to
hand you precise, consistent counts in seconds.
© 2019 Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany and/or its affiliates. All Rights Reserved. Merck andthe vibrant M are trademarks of Merck KGaA,Darmstadt, Germany or its affiliates. All othertrademarks are the property of their respectiveowners. Detailed information on trademarks isavailable via publicly accessible resources.2019-21675
Accuracy you can count on,
smarter than ever.
To learn more, visitSigmaAldrich.com/Scepter
Easy-to-read cell counthistogram display
Mounts anywhere forstorage and charging
Wireless capabilityfor instant printing ortransfer of count data
Ergonomic design forsustained, fatigue-free use
Precise Coultertechnology in a compact,microfluidic sensor