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Milestones in Biohit's history
| Year |
Events |
Net Sales EUR million |
2011 |
Sartorius Lab Holding GmbH acquires the Biohit Liquid Handling business. |
|
2010 |
Establishment of a representative office in Singapore |
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 |
10.5 |
1994 |
Development of the renewed electronic pipettor Establishment of joint venture in Japan |
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 |
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 |
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