Life science lab instruments, consumables, and bioprocess systems for research and production
Eppendorf manufactures and distributes instruments, consumables, and bioprocess equipment for laboratories across pharma, biotech, chemical, food, clinical, and industrial settings. The company runs a classic hardware-plus-consumables model with three core business units (Liquid Handling & Consumables, Separation & Instrumentation, Bioprocess) supported by a complex SAP backend (FI, MM, R/3, S/4HANA, ECC, Extended Warehouse Management). Active hiring across engineering, operations, sales, and manufacturing—with a mid-level concentration—suggests capacity expansion in product development and global delivery rather than transformation.
Notable leadership hires: Bioprocess Service Head
Eppendorf has been headquartered in Hamburg since 1945 and now operates across Europe, Asia, and North America with production and R&D sites in multiple regions and subsidiaries in more than 30 countries. The organization employs around 4,500 people globally. In fiscal year 2024, consolidated revenue was €980.3 million with €69 million invested in R&D. The portfolio spans pipettes, pipette tips, centrifuges, mixers, ultra-freezers, and bioreactors, distributed to academic and industrial research labs for analysis, production, and quality assurance. Pain points center on supply-chain resilience (global availability, production bottlenecks, inventory management), cost reduction, digitalization, compliance, and IT infrastructure maturity.
SAP suite (FI, MM, R/3, S/4HANA, ECC, Extended Warehouse Management), Oracle, AWS, Terraform, Python, TypeScript, C/C#/C++, SolidWorks, Jira, Confluence, Dynamics 365, Teamcenter.
Headquartered in Hamburg, Germany. Production and R&D sites across Europe, Asia, and North America with subsidiaries in more than 30 countries and active hiring in 15 countries including Japan, USA, Germany, Malaysia, UK, Netherlands, Australia, India, Ireland, Belgium, South Korea, France, Singapore, Sweden, and Canada.
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