Sartorius

Sartorius helps its customers to develop and manufacture biotech medicines reliably, quickly, and economically. Sartorius is one of the world's leading providers of laboratory and process technologies and equipment. Their innovative products and high-quality services help customers around the globe implement complex and quality-critical processes in biopharmaceutical production and laboratory environments in a time- and cost-efficient way. 

Their key customers are from the biotech, pharma and food industries, as well as from public research institutes and laboratories. Sartorius operates its own production facilities in Europe, Asia and America, and also has sales offices and local representatives in more than 110 countries. Strongly rooted in the scientific and research communities and closely allied with customers and technology partners, the company is dedicated to its philosophy of "Turning science into solutions" every single day.

1916: Richard Zsigmondy together with Wilhelm Bachmann invents the membrane filter.

1918: Since two of Richar's sons, Julius and Florence Jr., had died that year, the responsibility for the company went over to the shoulders of Wilhelm as commercial and Erich as technical director.

1922: Richard Zsigmondy (photo) invents the “cold ultrafilter”.

1925: The founder of the company, Florence Sartorius Sr. (photo), passed away.

1927: The foundation of the membrane filter company "Membranfilter-Gesellschaft m.b.H." in Goettingen is another cornerstone in Sartorius’ company history.

1978: The milestones shown here provide insights into the development of the French biotech company Stedim since it was founded this year.

2001: German Chancellor Gerhard Schröder officially opens "Plant 2001" for filter production in Goettingen.

2005: A.T. Kearney, a global management consultancy, and "WirtschaftsWoche", a German weekly business news magazine, honour Sartorius as the "Best Innovator in 2005" in the Time-to-Profit category.

2006: The international consulting company "Frost & Sullivan" confers the "2006 Growth Strategy Leadership Award" to Sartorius for its successful market segment of moisture analyzers.

2007: Sartorius AG merged its Biotechnology Division with Stedim, creating Sartorius Stedim Biotech which is headquartered in Aubagne, France.

2012: In January, Sartorius conducts its business operations in three new divisions: Bioprocess Solutions, Lab Products & Services and Industrial Weighing.

2019: The new laboratory and office complex will approximately double the company’s space and is scheduled to be completed by the end of the year.

“We empower scientists and engineers to simplify and accelerate progress in life science and bioprocessing.”

“As pioneers, we serve as a magnet and a dynamic platform attracting the leading experts in our sectors. We bring creative minds together to work towards shared goals: technological breakthroughs that lead to better health for more people.”