Manufacturer of measuring instruments, analysis systems, reagents and laboratory automation for clinical diagnostics and life science

Beckman Coulter GmbH

Krefeld · Sinsheim · MunichNew on Amplifa

1935Founded (Arnold O. Beckman)

1952Foundation of the German GmbH

ca. 300Employees in Germany

over 10,000Employees worldwide

over 130 countriesMarkets of activity

About Beckman Coulter

Beckman Coulter is a manufacturer of measuring instruments and test assays in the field of clinical diagnostics and life science research. The portfolio comprises laboratory automation systems, clinical chemistry and immunochemistry systems, cellular analysis devices, hematology analyzers, flow cytometers, centrifuges, pipetting robots, particle counters as well as system-specific reagents and control materials. The systems, reagents and consumables enable more than 1,200 different laboratory tests. The German headquarters in Krefeld houses, in addition to the administrative departments, the reagent production and the German service and application hotline. The Beckman Coulter Biomedical GmbH with a focus on research & development, the AutoMate production and a training center are located in Munich, while manual immunoassays are distributed from Sinsheim. Worldwide, the company employs more than 10,000 people in over 130 countries; in Germany there are about 300.

Site: Krefeld
Processes: Service and application hotline, Laboratory automation, Training, Systems, reagents, control materials, Test systems (Met One particle counters)
Materials: Reagents and control materials, Laboratory automation (AutoMate), Met One particle counter
Certificates: ISO 9001:2008, ISO 9001
Industries: Clinical diagnostics, Life science research, In-vitro diagnostics, Genomics research, Nanotechnology, Pharma/cleanroom monitoring

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Research & Development
02
Production (reagents, AutoMate)
03
Sales
04
Service and application hotline
05
Training

Products and Technologies

IVD

Reagents and control materials

System-specific reagents and control materials for more than 1,200 laboratory tests in clinical diagnostics.

AUT

Laboratory automation (AutoMate)

Production and training center for laboratory automation systems at the Munich site.

MET

Met One particle counter

Test systems for particle characterization, including for pharmaceutical and cleanroom monitoring.

Sites

Krefeld

Materials: Reagents

Sinsheim

Sales/marketing of manual immunoassays

Munich

Beckman Coulter Biomedical GmbH: research & development, AutoMate production and AutoMate training center

Products

**Microbiology solution**Analysis systems · Clinical diagnostics

**Advantaged Workflow**Laboratory automation · Clinical diagnostics

**Diabetes diagnostics solution**Analysis systems · Clinical diagnostics

Inside the production

Industries

Clinical diagnosticsLife science researchIn-vitro diagnosticsGenomics researchNanotechnologyPharma/cleanroom monitoring

Additional services

Service and application hotlineLaboratory automationTrainingSystems, reagents, control materialsTest systems (Met One particle counters)

Quality

Beckman Coulter is ISO 9001:2008 certified. Depending on registration status, products comply with standards such as IVD, CE-IVD (IVDR (EU) 2017/746), ASR, RUO or LUO.

Evidence	Krefeld
ISO 9001

History

1935
Arnold O. Beckman invents the pH meter and founds National Technical Laboratories (later Beckman Instruments, Inc.)
1952
Beckman Instruments goes public; foundation year of the German GmbH
1953
Wallace H. and Joseph R. Coulter patent the Coulter Counter
1958
Foundation of Coulter Corporation
1997
Beckman Instruments acquires Coulter Corporation
1998
The combined company is named Beckman Coulter, Inc.
2017
65th anniversary of Beckman Coulter GmbH in Germany