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Milestones in Biohit's history

Year	Events	Net Sales EUR million
2011 2010	Sartorius Lab Holding GmbH acquires the Biohit Liquid Handling business. Establishment of a representative office in Singapore Jussi Heiniö appointed new President & CEO of Biohit Group in June	40.0
2009	Establishement of Biohit subsidiary in India Launch of Pipetting Academy Launch of SafetySpace™ Filter Tips Renewal of product packages Accreditation of Biohit's pipette calibration laboratory in Russia	35.4
2008	20th Anniversary of Biohit Launch of new filter tips Accreditation of Biohit's calibration laboratory in Germany	35.1
2007	Launch of the new Proline Plus mechanical pipette range Agreement with VWR concerning liquid handling product sales in Europe	32.7
2006	Liquid Handling business receives ISO 13485 certification (CE/IVD compliance) Biohit opens subsidiary and starts pipette assembly in China Launch of the electronic eLINE Dispenser for multiple dispensing	31.4
2005	New contracts help strengthen the company's OEM business	28.6
2004	Launch of the multichannel mechanical mLINE pipettes Prize awarded to Biohit by VWR USA, one of the largest global distributors of liquid handling products	26.7
2003	Launch of the multichannel electronic eLINE pipettors Establishement of Biohit's representative office in China Further development of the production at the Kajaani plant	26.2
2002	Launch of the new mLINE mechanical pipettor range Enlargement of the electronic eLINE pipettor product range Continuation of the automatisation at the production premises in Kajaani Biohit opens a subsidiary in Russia	25.3
2001	Completion of new production premises for diagnostics in Helsinki, Finland Service laboratory operations start	25.5
2000	Completion of new production premises in Kajaani Accreditation of Biohit's pipette calibration laboratory in Finland Commencement of the sales of instruments Reinforcement of international collaboration and customer service organization through acquisitions in the US and Russia	24.2
1999	Listing on Helsinki Exchanges (New Market list) Continuation of the aggressive patenting policy	20.5
1998	Assembling of pipettors and injection moulding begins in Helsinki Locus genex Oy and Biohit Systems, Inc. become Biohit Group companies	16.8
1997	Moving into new facilities in Helsinki ISO 9001 quality system certification Co-operation with Becton Dickinson and 3M begins	14.4
1996	Reinforcement of international sales and marketing	12.6
1995	Launch of several new liquid handling products Establishment of a Biohit subsidiary in Germany Co-operation with Eastman Kodak Co. Clinical Diagnostic Systems, later acquired by Johnson & Johnson begins	10.5
1994	Development of the renewed electronic pipettor Establishment of joint venture in Japan Ph.D. Thesis of Osmo Suovaniemi: The vertical measurement invention, its applications and the invention of electronic liquid handling devices	8.4
1993	Launch of the multichannel Proline mechanical pipette Co-operation regarding liquid handling products with Eppendorf and bioMérieux begins	6.4
1992	Launch of the Proline mechanical pipette Launch of the multichannel Proline electronic pipettor Establishment of subsidiaries in Italy and the UK Ph.D. Thesis of Tapani Tiusanen: An application invention of vertical measurement; the self-correcting, multiparameter measuring instrument	4.2
1991	TEKES funding for the development of mechanical pipettors Establishment of the first Biohit subsidiary, in France	2.1
1990	Worldwide introduction of the first ergonomically designed electronic pipettor, the Proline Assembling of pipettors and injection moulding begins in Kajaani, Finland	0.49
1989	TEKES[1] funding received for the electronic and mechanical pipettors, pipettor tips as well as microplates	0.12
1988	Establishment of Biohit Oy Electonic pipettor development begins	0.49